Methane Storage: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Room-Temperature Adsorption in Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5)
Abstract
Here, we study how the methane adsorption properties of the ionic MOF-5 are derived from the local structure of its coordinated metal-cluster. Density functional theory is used to study the adsorption process and identify the key interactions which drive it at ambient temperatures. A detailed adsorption model which represents the adsorption process is derived and used to extract thermodynamic properties from previously reported adsorption isotherms. We find that after adsorption of a single molecule to the face of the metal cluster, a nanostructured surface is formed which enables adsorption of additional CH4 molecules at reduced entropic penalty thanks to on-surface hopping motions and retention of significant translational freedom. Binding of the CH4 molecules to the MOF is dominated by electrostatic interactions with negatively charged carboxylate groups, while CH4-CH4 dispersion interactions are important only at high pressures. Last, the MOF-specific adsorption model is compared against the single-site Langmuir model.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1464148
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; CHE-1363342
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 22; Related Information: © 2017 American Chemical Society.; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Tsivion, Ehud, and Head-Gordon, Martin. Methane Storage: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Room-Temperature Adsorption in Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5). United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04246.
Tsivion, Ehud, & Head-Gordon, Martin. Methane Storage: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Room-Temperature Adsorption in Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5). United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04246
Tsivion, Ehud, and Head-Gordon, Martin. Tue .
"Methane Storage: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Room-Temperature Adsorption in Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04246. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464148.
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title = {Methane Storage: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Room-Temperature Adsorption in Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5)},
author = {Tsivion, Ehud and Head-Gordon, Martin},
abstractNote = {Here, we study how the methane adsorption properties of the ionic MOF-5 are derived from the local structure of its coordinated metal-cluster. Density functional theory is used to study the adsorption process and identify the key interactions which drive it at ambient temperatures. A detailed adsorption model which represents the adsorption process is derived and used to extract thermodynamic properties from previously reported adsorption isotherms. We find that after adsorption of a single molecule to the face of the metal cluster, a nanostructured surface is formed which enables adsorption of additional CH4 molecules at reduced entropic penalty thanks to on-surface hopping motions and retention of significant translational freedom. Binding of the CH4 molecules to the MOF is dominated by electrostatic interactions with negatively charged carboxylate groups, while CH4-CH4 dispersion interactions are important only at high pressures. Last, the MOF-specific adsorption model is compared against the single-site Langmuir model.},
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journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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