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    Exploiting the Specific Isotope-Selective Adsorption of Metal–Organic Framework for Hydrogen Isotope Separation
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    • Raeesh Muhammad
      Raeesh Muhammad
      Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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    • Seohyeon Jee
      Seohyeon Jee
      Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, 100 Cheongpa-ro 47 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04310, Republic of Korea
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    • Minji Jung
      Minji Jung
      Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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    • Jaewoo Park
      Jaewoo Park
      Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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    • Sung Gu Kang*
      Sung Gu Kang
      School of Chemical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea
      *[email protected] (DFT calculations)
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    • Kyung Min Choi*
      Kyung Min Choi
      Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, 100 Cheongpa-ro 47 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04310, Republic of Korea
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    • Hyunchul Oh*
      Hyunchul Oh
      Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
      Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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    Adsorptive separation using narrow-micropore adsorbents has demonstrated the potential to separate hydrogen isotopes. In this work, we employed an isotope-responsive separation using cobalt formate. A D2-responsive third sorption step was revealed, and consequently, a noticeable difference was observed in the uptakes of D2 and H2. This may have resulted from the additional space created for D2 due to its dense packing, as DFT calculations revealed that cobalt formate possesses 2.26 kJ/mol higher binding strength for D2 than for H2. The exploitation of this D2-responsive third sorption step renders a promising separation performance, with a D2/H2 selectivity of up to 44 at 25 K/1 bar. Lastly, cobalt formate was synthesized on a gram scale here, which makes it a prospect for commercialization.

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