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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
A Metal-Organic Framework with a Pore Size/Shape Suitable for Strong Binding and Close Packing of Methane
Jiao-Min Lin1, Chun-Ting He2, Yan Liu1
1MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
Abstract:
Much effort has been devoted to develop new porous structures for methane storage. We report a new porous coordination framework showing exceptional methane uptakes (e.g. 263 v/v at 298 K and 65 bar) and adsorption enthalpies (21.6 kJ mol(-1)) as high as current record holders functionalized by open metal sites. Computational simulations demonstrated that the hierarchical pore structure consisting of single-wall nanocages has suitable sizes/shapes and organic binding sites to enforce not only strong host-methane and methane-methane interactions but also dense packing of methane molecules.
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