Table 1 Effect of pressure on ZIF-8 for different gases

From: Understanding the adsorption process in ZIF-8 using high pressure crystallography and computational modelling

Pressure CH4 (GPa)

Unit cell volume (Å3)

% change in uc volume

SAV (Å3)

θ (°)

4MR diameter (Å)

6MR diameter (Å)

0.00

4924.5 (2)

0.00

2497

65.1

0.8 (1)

3.0 (1)

0.30

4993.1 (1)

1.39

2580

58.7

0.7 (1)

3.1 (1)

0.50

4974.9 (4)

1.02

2551

58.9

0.7 (1)

3.1 (1)

0.70a

5063.8 (4)

2.83

2657

86.6

2.5 (1)

3.3 (1)

1.10a

4998.5 (4)

1.50

2710

87.4

2.5 (1)

3.2 (1)

1.40a

4995.1 (3)

1.43

2586

87.8

2.5 (1)

3.2 (1)

Pressure O 2 (GPa)

Unit cell volume (Å3)

% change in uc volume

SAV (Å3)

θ (°)

4MR diameter (Å)

6MR diameter (Å)

0.00

4924.5 (2)

0.00

2514

65.1

0.8 (1)

3.0 (1)

0.21

4919.8 (5)

−0.10

2487

64.9

0.9 (1)

2.9 (1)

0.50

4898.2 (3)

−0.53

2457

66.7

0.8 (1)

2.9 (1)

0.75a

4908.0 (4)

−0.33

2522

87.2

2.2 (1)

3.6 (1)

1.20a

4782.0 (9)

−2.89

2356

86.9

2.2 (1)

3.4 (1)

2.00a

4579.9 (6)

−7.00

2255

86.6

2.4 (1)

3.1 (1)

Pressure N 2 (GPa)

Unit cell volume (Å3)

% change in uc volume

SAV (Å3)

θ (°)

4MR diameter (Å)

6MR diameter (Å)

0.00

4924.55 (23)

0.00

2497

65.1

0.8 (1)

3.0 (1)

0.21a

4972.3 (4)

0.97

2548

86.2

2.5 (1)

3.4 (1)

0.74a

4976 (1)

1.04

2525

88.0

2.3 (1)

3.5 (1)

1.03a

4972.8 (9)

0.98

2512

87.7

2.3 (1)

3.5 (1)

1.33a

4940.8 (3)

0.33

2402

82.8

2.0 (1)

3.5 (1)

1.85a

4784.5 (6)

−2.84

2364

86.2

2.0 (1)

3.5 (1)

2.72a

4579.3 (5)

−7.01

2223

89.3

2.2 (1)

3.2 (1)

3.25a

4454.0 (3)

−9.55

2054

89.2

2.2 (1)

3.0 (1)

Pressure Ar (GPa)

Unit cell volume (Å3)

% change in uc volume

SAV (Å3)

θ (°)

4MR diameter (Å)

6MR diameter (Å)

0.00

4924.5 (2)

0.00

2497

65.1

0.8 (1)

3.0 (1)

0.75a

4820.6 (3)

−2.11

2458

86.7

2.5 (1)

3.3 (1)

1.20a

4727 (5)

−3.99

2405

87.3

2.4 (1)

3.3 (1)

1.50a

4567.9 (4)

−7.24

2256

87.7

2.4 (1)

3.2 (1)

  1. Diameters of 4MR and 6MR calculated using the void analysis routine in Mercury, (grid spacing of 0.2 Å)14 SAV solvent accessible volume, calculated using PLATON37
  2. a The ZIF-8-HP phase