# Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites

“Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites” (2018), by Libo Li et al. Chemistry research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

- Authors: Libo Li, Rui‐Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Hao Li, Shengchang Xiang, Hui Wu, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
- Published: October 26, 2018
- Field: Chemistry
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat0586
- Source: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat0586

## Abstract

A preference for ethane Industrial production of ethylene requires its separation from ethane in a cryogenic process that consumes large amounts of energy. An alternative would be differential sorption in microporous materials. Most of these materials bind ethylene more strongly that ethane, but adsorption of ethane would be more efficient. Li et al. found that a metal-organic framework containing iron-peroxo sites bound ethane more strongly than ethylene and could be used to separate the gases at ambient conditions. Science , this issue p. 443

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