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A Metal–Organic Framework with Optimized Porosity and Functional Sites for High Gravimetric and Volumetric Methane Storage Working Capacities
Author(s) -
Wen HuiMin,
Li Bin,
Li Libo,
Lin RuiBiao,
Zhou Wei,
Qian Guodong,
Chen Banglin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201704792
Subject(s) - gravimetric analysis , materials science , porosity , metal organic framework , methane , thermogravimetric analysis , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , engineering
Extensive research has been devoted to developing new porous materials with high methane storage capacity. While great progress has been made in recent years, it still remains very challenging to target simultaneously high gravimetric and volumetric methane (CH 4 ) working capacities (deliverable amount between 5.8 and 65 bar) in a single material. Here, a novel metal–organic framework (termed as UTSA‐110a) constructed by an extended linker containing a high density of functional nitrogen sites, exhibiting both very high gravimetric and volumetric working capacities of 317 cm 3 (STP: 273.15 K, 1 atm) g −1 and 190 cm 3 (STP) cm −3 , respectively, for robust MOFs, is reported. Both of these values are higher than those of two benchmark materials: HKUST‐1 (207 cm 3 (STP) g −1 or 183 cm 3 (STP) cm −3 ) and UTSA‐76a (267 cm 3 (STP) g −1 or 187 cm 3 (STP) cm −3 ). Computational studies reveal that it is the combination of optimized porosity and favorable binding sites that leads to the simultaneously high gravimetric and volumetric working capacities in this material.