Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks
Los Alamos National Laboratory · University of California, Santa Barbara · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Metal-organic framework-5 (MOF-5) of composition Zn4O(BDC)3 (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) with a cubic three-dimensional extended porous structure adsorbed hydrogen up to 4.5 weight percent (17.2 hydrogen molecules per formula unit) at 78 kelvin and 1.0 weight percent at room temperature and pressure of 20 bar. Inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy of the rotational transitions of the adsorbed hydrogen molecules indicates the presence of two well-defined binding sites (termed I and II), which we associate with hydrogen binding to zinc and the BDC linker, respectively. Preliminary studies on topologically similar isoreticular metal-organic framework-6 and -8 (IRMOF-6 and -8) having cyclobutylbenzene and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 90.37
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- 100%
- References
- 20
Authors
7- NLNathaniel L. Rosi
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Florida, University of Michigan, Arizona State University
- JEJuergen Eckert
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Florida, University of Michigan, Arizona State University
- MEMohamed Eddaoudi
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Florida, University of Michigan, Arizona State University
- DVD. Vodak
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Florida, University of Michigan, Arizona State University
- JKJaheon Kim
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Florida, University of Michigan, Arizona State University
Topics & keywords
- Microporous material
- Hydrogen
- Hydrogen storage
- Metal-organic framework
- Chemistry
- Zinc
- Adsorption
- Metal