Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.64, No.12, 5407-5414, 2019
Neon Adsorption on HKUST-1 and UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks over Wide Pressure and Temperature Ranges
Neon (Ne) is an expensive noble gas with commercial interest, which is why systems for Ne storage and delivery are useful tools for its more efficient utilization. Although adsorption-based technologies are potential candidates for the development of such systems, there have been few research efforts on the study of Ne adsorption equilibria on porous solids. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a recent class of promising porous materials for adsorptive gas storage. In the present work, Ne adsorption in two of the most well-known MOF materials-HKUST-1 and UiO-66-has been evaluated experimentally over unusually wide pressure and temperature ranges: 0-70 bar, 77-400 K for HKUST-1 and 0-100 bar, 77-500 K for UiO-66. HKUST-1 has higher Ne adsorption capacity per unit weight than UiO-66, whereas per unit volume the two materials perform similarly. Moreover, the isosteric heats for Ne adsorption on HKUST-1 and UiO-66 have roughly the same order of magnitude (3-6 kJ/mol).