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Author Spotlight: Characterizing Porous Materials for Aiding the Development of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks with Adsorption Behavior
Published on: March 8, 2024
High Volumetric Hydrogen Adsorption in a Porous Anthracene-Decorated Metal-Organic Framework
Yong Yan1, Ivan da Silva2, Alexander J Blake3
1School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We report an unprecedented ligand-based binding domain for D2 within a porous metal-organic framework (MOF) material as confirmed by neutron powder diffraction studies of D2-loaded MFM-132a. A tight pocket of 6 Å diameter is formed by the close packing of three anthracene panels, and it is here rather than the open metal sites where D2 binds preferentially. As a result, MFM-132a shows exceptional volumetric hydrogen adsorption (52 g L-1 at 60 bar and 77 K) and the highest density of adsorbed H2 within its pores among all the porous materials reported to date under the same conditions. This work points to a new direction for H2 storage in porous materials using polyaromatic ligand-based sites.
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