C3H6/C3H8 Adsorption Behavior Study of Stiffened ZIF-8 Prepared under an Electric Field

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show great potential for adsorption separation. However, MOFs' flexibility may influence their adsorption behaviors. Here, for the first time we prepare ZIF-8 powder dominated with stiffened ZIF-8_Cm phase under an external E-field. By comparison, we find that the flexibility of ZIF-8 has little influence in equilibrium-based separation behavior for C 3 H 6 /C 3 H 8 . However, the stiffened ZIF-8 formed in E-field presents an obviously decreased diffusion rate for C 3 H 8 , whose C 3 H 6 /C 3 H 8 kinetic-based separation factor is around 2.5 times higher than that of the traditional ZIF-8 powder.