Abstract: Copper incorporated MCM-48 molecular sieve adsorbents with different Cu content have been hydrothermally synthesized. The samples have been characterized by various physicochemical methods, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption (N₂) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results reveal that Cu-MCM-48 with mass fraction of copper up to 10% can still retain the uniform mesoporous framework of MCM-48. The copper in the framework of MCM-48 was easily auto-reduced to Cu(I) in N₂ at high temperature, which did not alter the mesoporous structure of MCM-48. The adsorption equilibrium isotherms of ethylene and ethane on these molecular sieve adsorbents have been measured at 30℃. At 100 kPa, the adsorption capacities of ethylene on 5Cu-MCM-48 and 10Cu-MCM-48 are higher than those on MCM-48. The 10Cu-MCM-48 molecular sieve adsorbent has a higher selective adsorption ratio of ethylene to ethane, the separation factor is 3.8, and the amount of ethylene adsorbed is 11.1 ml·g^-1.

Key words: mesoporous molecular sieve, Cu-MCM-48, adsorption separation, ethylene, ethane

摘要： Copper incorporated MCM-48 molecular sieve adsorbents with different Cu content have been hydrothermally synthesized. The samples have been characterized by various physicochemical methods, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption (N₂) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results reveal that Cu-MCM-48 with mass fraction of copper up to 10% can still retain the uniform mesoporous framework of MCM-48. The copper in the framework of MCM-48 was easily auto-reduced to Cu(I) in N₂ at high temperature, which did not alter the mesoporous structure of MCM-48. The adsorption equilibrium isotherms of ethylene and ethane on these molecular sieve adsorbents have been measured at 30℃. At 100 kPa, the adsorption capacities of ethylene on 5Cu-MCM-48 and 10Cu-MCM-48 are higher than those on MCM-48. The 10Cu-MCM-48 molecular sieve adsorbent has a higher selective adsorption ratio of ethylene to ethane, the separation factor is 3.8, and the amount of ethylene adsorbed is 11.1 ml·g^-1.

关键词: mesoporous molecular sieve, Cu-MCM-48, adsorption separation, ethylene, ethane