Hydrogen adsorption in the nanoporous metal-benzenedicarboxylate M(OH)(O2C-C6H4-CO2) (M = Al3+, Cr3+), MIL-53

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Dec 21:(24):2976-7. doi: 10.1039/b308903g.

Abstract

Hydrogen adsorption has been studied in the nanoporous metal-benzenedicarboxylate M(OH)(O2C-C6H4-CO2) (M = Al3+, Cr3+); these solids show a hydrogen storage capacity of 3.8 and 3.1 wt.% respectively when loaded at 77 K under 1.6 MPa.