Energy efficient ethylene purification in a commercially viable ethane-selective MOF

Separating ethane (C2H6) from ethylene (C2H4) using ethane-selective adsorbents to replace energy-intensive cryogenic distillation technology is an important energy-saving method in the petrochemical industry to obtain high purity C2H4. Limited to the low separation efficiency in current commercial materials, it is very urgent and promising to fabricate such alkane selective adsorbents using cheap ligands and simple synthesis methods, which have...