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An ultra-stable microporous supramolecular framework with highly selective adsorption and separation of water over ethanol

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A microporous supramolecular framework with high water and thermal stability can selectively absorb water molecules over methanol or ethanol due to the suitable channels. The model separation test on columns shows that an ultra-pure ethanol (99.9%) can be obtained from the mixture of ethanol/water (95:5). Additionally, after refluxing the desolvated sample in 95% ethanol at 60 °C for 5 h, the purity of ethanol rises up to 97.43%, which is obviously higher than 96.56% for 4 Å molecular sieves.

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We acknowledged the financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0700102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21871266 and 21731006), the Key Research Program of Frontier Science CAS (No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH025), and Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS.

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    Zhengyi Di, Jiandong Pang, Falu Hu, Mingyan Wu & Maochun Hong

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Di, Z., Pang, J., Hu, F. et al. An ultra-stable microporous supramolecular framework with highly selective adsorption and separation of water over ethanol. Nano Res. 14, 2584–2588 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3258-y

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