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Title: High Methane Storage Capacity in Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks

Abstract

The use of porous materials to store natural gas in vehicles requires large amounts of methane per unit of volume. Here we report the synthesis, crystal structure and methane adsorption properties of two new aluminum metal–organic frameworks, MOF-519 and MOF-520. Both materials exhibit permanent porosity and high methane volumetric storage capacity: MOF-519 has a volumetric capacity of 200 and 279 cm3 cm–3 at 298 K and 35 and 80 bar, respectively, and MOF-520 has a volumetric capacity of 162 and 231 cm3 cm–33 under the same conditions. Furthermore, MOF-519 exhibits an exceptional working capacity, being able to deliver a large amount of methane at pressures between 5 and 35 bar, 151 cm3 cm–3, and between 5 and 80 bar, 230 cm3 cm–3.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California−Berkeley, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at Berkeley, University of California−Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies (CGS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1174086
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1383987
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001015; AC02-05CH11231; HDTRA 1-12-1-0053
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Volume: 136 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; membrane; carbon capture; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing); hydrocarbons; ligands; aluminum; metal organic framework materials

Citation Formats

Gándara, Felipe, Furukawa, Hiroyasu, Lee, Seungkyu, and Yaghi, Omar M. High Methane Storage Capacity in Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/ja501606h.
Gándara, Felipe, Furukawa, Hiroyasu, Lee, Seungkyu, & Yaghi, Omar M. High Methane Storage Capacity in Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja501606h
Gándara, Felipe, Furukawa, Hiroyasu, Lee, Seungkyu, and Yaghi, Omar M. 2014. "High Methane Storage Capacity in Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja501606h.
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title = {High Methane Storage Capacity in Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks},
author = {Gándara, Felipe and Furukawa, Hiroyasu and Lee, Seungkyu and Yaghi, Omar M.},
abstractNote = {The use of porous materials to store natural gas in vehicles requires large amounts of methane per unit of volume. Here we report the synthesis, crystal structure and methane adsorption properties of two new aluminum metal–organic frameworks, MOF-519 and MOF-520. Both materials exhibit permanent porosity and high methane volumetric storage capacity: MOF-519 has a volumetric capacity of 200 and 279 cm3 cm–3 at 298 K and 35 and 80 bar, respectively, and MOF-520 has a volumetric capacity of 162 and 231 cm3 cm–33 under the same conditions. Furthermore, MOF-519 exhibits an exceptional working capacity, being able to deliver a large amount of methane at pressures between 5 and 35 bar, 151 cm3 cm–3, and between 5 and 80 bar, 230 cm3 cm–3.},
doi = {10.1021/ja501606h},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1174086}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
issn = {0002-7863},
number = 14,
volume = 136,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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