Metal–Organic Frameworks for Xylene Separation: From Computational Screening to Machine Learning

Author(s):  
Zhiwei Qiao ◽  
Yaling Yan ◽  
Yaxing Tang ◽  
Hong Liang ◽  
Jianwen Jiang
Nanomaterials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Lifeng Li ◽  
Zenan Shi ◽  
Hong Liang ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Zhiwei Qiao

Atmospheric water harvesting by strong adsorbents is a feasible method of solving the shortage of water resources, especially for arid regions. In this study, a machine learning (ML)-assisted high-throughput computational screening is employed to calculate the capture of H2O from N2 and O2 for 6013 computation-ready, experimental metal-organic frameworks (CoRE-MOFs) and 137,953 hypothetical MOFs (hMOFs). Through the univariate analysis of MOF structure-performance relationships, Qst is shown to be a key descriptor. Moreover, three ML algorithms (random forest, gradient boosted regression trees, and neighbor component analysis (NCA)) are applied to hunt for the complicated interrelation between six descriptors and performance. After the optimizing strategy of grid search and five-fold cross-validation is performed, three ML can effectively build the predictive model for CoRE-MOFs, and the accuracy R2 of NCA can reach 0.97. In addition, based on the relative importance of the descriptors by ML, it can be quantitatively concluded that the Qst is dominant in governing the capture of H2O. Besides, the NCA model trained by 6013 CoRE-MOFs can predict the selectivity of hMOFs with a R2 of 0.86, which is more universal than other models. Finally, 10 CoRE-MOFs and 10 hMOFs with high performance are identified. The computational screening and prediction of ML could provide guidance and inspiration for the development of materials for water harvesting in the atmosphere.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangwon Lee ◽  
Baekjun Kim ◽  
Jihan Kim

In the past decade, there has been a rise in a number of computational screening works to facilitate finding optimal metal-organic frameworks (MOF) for variety of different applications. Unfortunately, most of these screening works are limited to its initial set of materials and result in brute-force type of a screening approach. In this work, we present a systematic strategy that can find materials with desired property from an extremely diverse and large MOF set of over 100 trillion possible MOFs using machine learning and evolutionary algorithm. It is demonstrated that our algorithm can discover 964 MOFs with methane working capacity over 200 cm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> and 96 MOFs with methane working capacity over 208 cm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>, which is the current world record. We believe that this methodology can facilitate a new type of a screening approach that takes advantage of the modular nature in MOFs, and can readily be extended to other important applications as well.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangwon Lee ◽  
Baekjun Kim ◽  
Jihan Kim

In the past decade, there has been a rise in a number of computational screening works to facilitate finding optimal metal-organic frameworks (MOF) for variety of different applications. Unfortunately, most of these screening works are limited to its initial set of materials and result in brute-force type of a screening approach. In this work, we present a systematic strategy that can find materials with desired property from an extremely diverse and large MOF set of over 100 trillion possible MOFs using machine learning and evolutionary algorithm. It is demonstrated that our algorithm can discover 964 MOFs with methane working capacity over 200 cm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> and 96 MOFs with methane working capacity over 208 cm<sup>3</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>, which is the current world record. We believe that this methodology can facilitate a new type of a screening approach that takes advantage of the modular nature in MOFs, and can readily be extended to other important applications as well.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 725-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenan Shi ◽  
Wenyuan Yang ◽  
Xiaomei Deng ◽  
Chengzhi Cai ◽  
Yaling Yan ◽  
...  

The combination of machine learning and high-throughput computation for the screening of MOFs with high performance.


Author(s):  
Zenan Shi ◽  
Xueying Yuan ◽  
Yaling Yan ◽  
Yuanlin Tang ◽  
Junjie Li ◽  
...  

The key to achieving high efficiencies, high performance, and low costs of adsorption heat pumps/chillers (AHPs/ACs) is to choose a suitable adsorbent. A computational screening of 6,013 computation-ready experimental metal–organic...


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rosen ◽  
M. Rasel Mian ◽  
Timur Islamoglu ◽  
Haoyuan Chen ◽  
Omar Farha ◽  
...  

<p>Metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) with coordinatively unsaturated metal sites are appealing as adsorbent materials due to their tunable functionality and ability to selectively bind small molecules. Through the use of computational screening methods based on periodic density functional theory, we investigate O<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>2</sub> adsorption at the coordinatively unsaturated metal sites of several MOF families. A variety of design handles are identified that can be used to modify the redox activity of the metal centers, including changing the functionalization of the linkers (replacing oxido donors with sulfido donors), anion exchange of bridging ligands (considering μ-Br<sup>-</sup>, μ-Cl<sup>-</sup>, μ-F<sup>-</sup>, μ-SH<sup>-</sup>, or μ-OH<sup>-</sup> groups), and altering the formal oxidation state of the metal. As a result, we show that it is possible to tune the O<sub>2</sub> affinity at the open metal sites of MOFs for applications involving the strong and/or selective binding of O<sub>2</sub>. In contrast with O<sub>2</sub> adsorption, N<sub>2</sub> adsorption at open metal sites is predicted to be relatively weak across the MOF dataset, with the exception of MOFs containing synthetically elusive V<sup>2+</sup> open metal sites. As one example from the screening study, we predict that exchanging the μ-Cl<sup>-</sup> ligands of M<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>(BBTA) (H<sub>2</sub>BBTA = 1<i>H</i>,5<i>H</i>-benzo(1,2-d:4,5-d′)bistriazole) with μ-OH<sup>-</sup> groups would significantly enhance the strength of O<sub>2</sub> adsorption at the open metal sites without a corresponding increase in the N<sub>2</sub> affinity. Experimental investigation of Co<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>(BBTA) and Co<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>(BBTA) confirms that the former exhibits only weak physisorption, whereas the latter is capable of chemisorbing O<sub>2</sub> at room temperature. The chemisorption behavior is attributed to the greater electron-donating character of the μ-OH<sup>-</sup><sub> </sub>ligands and the presence of H-bonding interactions between the μ-OH<sup>-</sup> bridging ligands and the O<sub>2</sub> adsorbate.</p>


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