A sol-gel monolithic metal-organic framework with enhanced methane uptake

Tian Tian; Zhixin Zeng; Diana Vulpe; Mirian E. Casco; Giorgio Divitini; Paul A. Midgley; Joaquin Silvestre-Albero; Jin Chong Tan; Peyman Z. Moghadam; David Fairen-Jimenez

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A sol-gel monolithic metal-organic framework with enhanced methane uptake

Tian Tian, Zhixin Zeng, Diana Vulpe, Mirian E. Casco, Giorgio Divitini, Paul A. Midgley, Joaquin Silvestre-Albero, Jin Chong Tan, Peyman Z. Moghadam, David Fairen-Jimenez

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A critical bottleneck for the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel has been the development of materials capable of storing it in a sufficiently compact form at ambient temperature. Here we report the synthesis of a porous monolithic metal-organic framework (MOF), which after successful packing and densification reaches 259 cm^3 (STP) cm(-3) capacity. This is the highest value reported to date for conformed shape porous solids, and represents a greater than 50% improvement over any previously reported experimental value. Nanoindentation tests on the monolithic MOF showed robust mechanical properties, with hardness at least 130% greater than that previously measured in its conventional MOF counterparts. Our findings represent a substantial step in the application of mechanically robust conformed and densified MOFs for high volumetric energy storage and other industrial applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	174-179
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Materials
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT5050
State	Published - 1 Feb 2018
Externally published	Yes

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