Methane storage in metal-organic frameworks

Natural gas (NG), whose main component is methane, is an attractive fuel for vehicular applications. Realization of safe, cheap and convenient means and materials for high-capacity methane storage can significantly facilitate the implementation of natural gas fuelled vehicles. The physisorption base...

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Published in:Chemical Society reviews 2014-08, Vol.43 (16), p.5657-5678
Main Authors: He, Yabing, Zhou, Wei, Qian, Guodong, Chen, Banglin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cage
Fuels
Metal-organic frameworks
Metalorganic compounds
Methane
Natural gas
Porosity
Porous materials
Vehicles
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Summary:Natural gas (NG), whose main component is methane, is an attractive fuel for vehicular applications. Realization of safe, cheap and convenient means and materials for high-capacity methane storage can significantly facilitate the implementation of natural gas fuelled vehicles. The physisorption based process involving porous materials offers an efficient storage methodology and the emerging porous metal-organic frameworks have been explored as potential candidates because of their extraordinarily high porosities, tunable pore/cage sizes and easily immobilized functional sites. In this view, we provide an overview of the current status of metal-organic frameworks for methane storage. Porous metal-organic frameworks have been emerging as very promising materials for methane (natural gas) storage.
ISSN:0306-0012
1460-4744
DOI:10.1039/c4cs00032c