Coexistence of cages and one-dimensional channels in a porous MOF with high H(2) and CH(4) uptakes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 18;50(22):2834-6. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48381a. Epub 2014 Jan 10.

Abstract

A porous metal-organic framework with high surface area was designedly synthesized, in which polyhedral cages and one-dimensional channels coexist. It shows a total gravimetric H2 uptake of 11.35 wt% at 77 K and 90 bar and a total CH4 uptake of 305.07 cm(3) g(-1) at 298 K and 35 bar.