The storage, sequestration and selective binding of fuel gases in a safe and compact form represents a significant current challenge, and there is wide-ranging interest in the development of stable materials that can store and release carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and methane with fast kinetics and high reversibility over multiple cycles. Porous co-ordination framework compounds have enormous potential in this regard. We report the synthesis, structural characterisation and gas adsorption studies of a range of metal-organic materials derived from stable carboxylate-linked complexes that exhibit high porosity and surface area coupled with high storage capacities and selectivities. Of particular interest are in situ structural and dynamic studies of gas-loaded materials that define the binding of substrates within pores at a molecular level.

Storage of fuel gases by porous co-ordination framework materials

245th National Meeting (2013)

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