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. 2022 Sep 22;7(12):1707–1721. doi: 10.1039/d2me00130f

20 best performing MOF adsorbents for the CH4/H2 separation together with their membrane-based separation performances.

Structure S ads,CH4/H2 ΔNCH4 (mol kg−1) R CH4 (%) S diff,CH4/H2 S mem,CH4/H2 D self,CH4 (m2 s−1) D self,H2 (m2 s−1) P CH4 (Barrer) P H2 (Barrer)
cuf_2878 42.1 5.1 80.3 0.24 10.0 1.40 × 10−8 5.92 × 10−8 4.77 × 105 4.67 × 104
cuf_824 46.0 4.6 76.2 0.24 10.9 1.24 × 10−8 5.22 × 10−8 4.27 × 105 3.83 × 104
cuf_818 43.9 4.6 77.5 0.28 12.2 1.98 × 10−8 7.13 × 10−8 6.78 × 105 5.44 ×104
cuf_586 37.8 5.0 80.2 0.27 10.2 1.15 × 10−8 4.27 × 10−8 3.82 × 105 3.65 × 104
cuf_110 42.2 4.7 75.2 0.15 6.2 5.25 × 10−9 3.59 × 10−8 1.75 × 105 2.77 × 104
cuf_3153 42.3 4.5 78.5 0.18 7.5 3.86 × 10−9 2.19 × 10−8 1.24 × 105 1.62 × 104
cuf_1627 38.2 4.7 81.9 0.29 11.2 1.77 × 10−8 6.03 × 10−8 5.55 × 105 4.82 × 104
cuf_2872 37.1 4.8 81.2 0.29 10.7 2.23 × 10−8 7.73 × 10−8 7.11 × 105 6.49 × 104
cuf_7134 42.6 4.3 78.8 0.29 12.4 1.22 × 10−8 4.20 × 10−8 3.89 × 105 3.07 × 104
cuf_1633 39.1 4.5 79.9 0.24 9.4 1.22 × 10−8 5.11 × 10−8 3.77 × 105 3.93 × 104
cuf_3160 38.7 4.5 80.7 0.18 7.1 4.54 × 10−9 2.47 × 10−8 1.44 × 105 1.99 × 104
cuf_3866 40.4 4.4 78.8 0.34 13.6 2.07 × 10−8 6.15 × 10−8 6.97 × 105 4.99 × 104
cuf_2640 32.8 5.0 81.3 0.25 8.3 1.47 × 10−8 5.82 × 10−8 4.50 × 105 5.28 × 104
cuf_810 36.5 4.6 80.9 0.21 7.6 7.98 × 10−9 3.84 × 10−8 2.52 × 105 3.24 × 104
cuf_2160 35.1 4.9 78.9 0.11 3.8 4.87 × 10−9 4.54 × 10−8 1.51 × 105 3.90 × 104
cuf_533 35.0 4.7 80.9 0.24 8.4 1.88 × 10−8 7.84 × 10−8 5.90 × 105 6.85 × 104
cuf_811 34.8 4.6 82.1 0.21 7.3 1.13 × 10−8 5.37 × 10−8 3.52 × 105 4.69 × 104
cuf_3143 44.5 3.8 75.0 0.10 4.3 1.30 × 10−9 1.34 × 10−8 3.89 × 104 8.75 × 103
cuf_812 42.1 4.0 75.9 0.13 5.6 4.54 × 10−9 3.43 × 10−8 1.43 × 105 2.51 × 104
cuf_9626 34.3 4.6 81.6 0.24 8.2 9.41 × 10−9 3.92 × 10−8 2.91 × 105 3.45 × 104