Water and Metal–Organic Frameworks: From Interaction toward Utilization

The steep stepwise uptake of water vapor and easy release at low relative pressures and moderate temperatures together with high working capacities make metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) attractive, promising materials for energy efficient applications in adsorption devices for humidity control (evaporation and condensation processes) and heat reallocation (heating and cooling) by utilizing water as benign sorptive and low-grade renewable or waste heat. Emerging MOF-based process applications covered are desiccation, heat pumps/chillers, water harvesting, air conditioning, and desalination. Governing parameters of the intrinsic sorption properties and stability under humid conditions and cyclic operation are…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 21908097
• KR
  Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
• KA
  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• TU
  Tianjin University
• UO
  University of Science and Technology of China