Metal-Organic Framework-based adsorbents for Gas separation

总体目标是合成、表征和测试金属有机骨架(MOF)，用于石油化工行业中感兴趣的气体分离。具体地说，这项工作最初将专注于生产一个家族的几个成员，这些成员已被证明在某些感兴趣的天然气分离中表现出良好的潜力。将对含有单一或混合金属的MOF进行研究，以试图针对特定的气体分离微调这种MOF。随后，将根据建模研究的结果探索其他MOF系统。总体而言，这些材料将通过动态和平衡吸附测试来评估其性能。该项目依赖于：(I)开发与能源部门相关的材料，以及(Ii)研究它们与气体分子的表面相互作用。因此，它直接链接到EPSRC的材料工程、表面科学和能源效率等研究领域。

The overall goal is to synthesise, characterise and test Metal- Organic Frameworks (MOF) for Gas separations of interest in the petrochemicals industry. Specifically, the work will initially focus on producing several members of a family that have been shown to exhibit good potential in certain gas separations of interest. MOFs containlng single- or mixed metals will be investigated in order to try to fine tune this MOF for specific gas separations. Subsequently, other MOF systems wlll be explored based on the results of modeling studies. Overall, the materials will be tested through dynamlc and equilibrium adsorption tests to estimate their performance. This project relies on: (i) developing materials relevant to the energy sector and (ii) studying their surface interactions with gas molecules. lt is thus directly llnked to the EPSRC research areas of Materials Engineerlng, Surface Science and Energy Efficiency.