Abstract

The low coverage adsorption properties of alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics of the linear, branched, and cyclic type (ca. 70 molecules) were studied using inverse pulse gas chromatography at zero coverage on the zirconium metal–organic framework UiO-66 and its functionalized analogues UiO-66-Me, UiO-66-NO2, UiO-66-Me2 in the temperature range 433–573 K. In our study, we determined and analyzed the adsorption enthalpy, Henry constants, and entropic factors. Preferential adsorption of bulky molecules is observed with specific adsorbate and cage size effects, yielding very specific, preferential adsorption. Remarkably high adsorption selectivity factors (up to 14) for cyclo- compared to n-alkanes were found. The presence of additional groups (methyl, nitro) on the linkers in the framework influences adsorption properties significantly, mainly by reducing the effective pore size. Whereas increased selectivity is observed for UiO-66-Me, this effect decreases again upon addition of a second methyl group, UiO-66-M...

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