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Polarizable force fields for CO2 and CH4 adsorption in M-MOF-74

Journal Article (2017)
Author(s)

Tim Becker (TU Delft - Engineering Thermodynamics)

J. Heinen (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

D. Dubbeldam (TU Delft - Engineering Thermodynamics, Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Li-Chiang Lin (The Ohio State University)

T.J.H. J. H. Vlugt (TU Delft - Engineering Thermodynamics)

Research Group
Engineering Thermodynamics
Copyright
© 2017 T. Becker, J. Heinen, D. Dubbeldam, L. Lin, T.J.H. Vlugt
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12052
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Copyright
© 2017 T. Becker, J. Heinen, D. Dubbeldam, L. Lin, T.J.H. Vlugt
Research Group
Engineering Thermodynamics
Issue number
8
Volume number
121
Pages (from-to)
4659-4673
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Abstract

(Graph Presented) The family of M-MOF-74, with M = Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Ti, V, and Zn, provides opportunities for numerous energy related gas separation applications. The pore structure of M-MOF-74 exhibits a high internal surface area and an exceptionally large adsorption capacity. The chemical environment of the adsorbate molecule in M-MOF-74 can be tuned by exchanging the metal ion incorporated in the structure. To optimize materials for a given separation process, insights into how the choice of the metal ion affects the interaction strength with adsorbate molecules and how to model these interactions are essential. Here, we quantitatively highlight the importance of polarization by comparing the proposed polarizable force field to orbital interaction energies from DFT calculations. Adsorption isotherms and heats of adsorption are computed for CO2, CH4, and their mixtures in M-MOF-74 with all 10 metal ions. The results are compared to experimental data, and to previous simulation results using nonpolarizable force fields derived from quantum mechanics. To the best of our knowledge, the developed polarizable force field is the only one so far trying to cover such a large set of possible metal ions. For the majority of metal ions, our simulations are in good agreement with experiments, demonstrating the effectiveness of our polarizable potential and the transferability of the adopted approach.