Zeolites ZSM-25 and PST-20: Selective Carbon Dioxide Adsorbents at High Pressures

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• 作者：Jung Gi Min ; K. Christian Kemp ; Suk Bong Hong
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 16, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：121
• 期：6
• 页码：3404-3409
• 全文大小：418K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Natural gas upgrading requires the separation of its major components, predominantly CH₄ and CO₂, at the high pressures found at the wellhead. Here we demonstrate that the Na⁺-tetraethylammonium form of ZSM-25 and PST-20, the fourth and fifth generations of the RHO family of zeolites with embedded isoreticular structures, can be efficiently employed to separate CO₂ from CH₄ over a wide temperature and pressure range (298–373 K and 0–25 bar). Both zeolites exhibit impressive CO₂/CH₄ selectivity (>20) at 298 K and 25 bar, relatively large adsorption capacity (4.0 and 3.6 mmol g^–1, respectively) even at 373 K and 25 bar, and long-term durability even in the presence of H₂O. These superior separation properties could be linked to the limited framework flexibilities of ZSM-25 and PST-20 mainly arising from the larger ratio of embedded to scaffold cages in the higher generation of the RHO family.