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Multilevel screening of computation‐ready, experimental metal‐organic frameworks for natural gas purification
Author(s) -
Li Zhi,
Zhang Yue,
Liu Bei,
Chen Guangjin,
Smit Berend
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.17279
Subject(s) - computation , adsorption , natural gas , deformation (meteorology) , monte carlo method , metal organic framework , materials science , metal , density functional theory , characterization (materials science) , computer science , chemistry , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , composite material , algorithm , organic chemistry , metallurgy , mathematics , statistics
Abstract In this study, traditional Monte Carlo simulation and density functional theory‐based structural optimization methods were combined to screen computation‐ready experimental metal‐organic framework (MOF) database for the application of natural gas purification. Our results show that about half of the good performing computation‐ready experimental MOF structures displayed various degrees of deformation (even collapse) after the structure optimization. This phenomenon attributed to the strong attraction of unsaturated metals which attract nearby organic components. For some materials with deformation, unsaturated metals form new bonds with the adjacent organic linkers creating distortions that would be unrealistic in the experimental materials. For the remaining relatively stable materials whose structural characteristics did not change too much, we further studied the adsorption performance of their optimized structures. Finally, 12 good‐performing MOF materials with high stability were found which could greatly improve the possibility for constructing robust MOFs that could hold open metal sites by experiments.