title: Template-based Synthesis of a Formate Metal-Organic Framework/Activated Carbon Fiber Composite for High-performance Methane Adsorptive Separation.
abstract: Simultaneous improvement in adsorption selectivity and capacity for single adsorbents is challenging but counting for much in adsorptive separations. To this end, a formate metal-organic framework and activated carbon fiber composite was synthesized in our work by a simple two-step process, involving homogeneous precipitation of a MOF precursor on an activated carbon fiber and subsequent template replication. The resultant core-shell composite, ACF@[Ni3(HCOO)6], exhibited optimized adsorption performance both in selectivity and capacity for the separation of CH4/N2to most of state-of-the-art adsorbents.
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiang-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tian-Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xin-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shu-Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: activated carbon fiber; adsorption; core-shell architecture; metal-organic frameworks; template replication