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Gas Storage in Porous Molecular Materials
Author(s) -
Deegan Meaghan M.,
Dworzak Michael R.,
Gosselin Aeri J.,
Korman Kyle J.,
Bloch Eric D.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202003864
Subject(s) - porosity , characterisation of pore space in soil , adsorption , materials science , porous medium , nanotechnology , solid state , intermolecular force , void (composites) , chemical engineering , molecule , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Molecules with permanent porosity in the solid state have been studied for decades. Porosity in these systems is governed by intrinsic pore space, as in cages or macrocycles, and extrinsic void space, created through loose, intermolecular solid‐state packing. The development of permanently porous molecular materials, especially cages with organic or metal–organic composition, has seen increased interest over the past decade, and as such, incredibly high surface areas have been reported for these solids. Despite this, examples of these materials being explored for gas storage applications are relatively limited. This minireview outlines existing molecular systems that have been investigated for gas storage and highlights strategies that have been used to understand adsorption mechanisms in porous molecular materials.