Acetylene is an important starting material in the petrochemical and electronic industry for various industrial and consumer products, and a promising alternative energy source for future acetylene fuel cell vehicles. With the importance of acetylene, as a green fuel, this CrystEngComm Highlight, focuses on the storage of acetylene and its separation from the CO2, CH4, or C2H4 mixtures on micro-porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs).
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Microporous metal–organic frameworks for acetylene storage and separation
Zhangjing Zhang, Shengchang Xiang and Banglin Chen
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05437F