TY - JOUR
T1 - Solvothermal synthesis, nanostructural characterization and gas cryo-adsorption studies in a metal–organic framework (IRMOF-1) material
AU - Tzitzios, Vasileios
AU - Kostoglou, Nikolaos
AU - Giannouri, Maria
AU - Basina, Georgia
AU - Tampaxis, Christos
AU - Charalambopoulou, Georgia
AU - Steriotis, Theodore
AU - Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki
AU - Doumanidis, Charalambos
AU - Mitterer, Christian
AU - Rebholz, Claus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC
PY - 2017/9/14
Y1 - 2017/9/14
N2 - A nanoporous metal–organic framework material, exhibiting an IRMOF-1 type crystalline structure, was prepared by following a direct solvothermal synthesis approach, using zinc nitrate and terephthalic acid as precursors and dimethylformamide as solvent, combined with supercritical CO2 activation and vacuum outgassing procedures. A series of advanced characterization methods were employed, including scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared radiation spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, in order to study the morphology, surface chemistry and structure of the IRMOF-1 material directly upon its synthesis. Porosity properties, such as Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET) specific area (∼520 m2/g) and micropore volume (∼0.2 cm3/g), were calculated for the activated sample based on N2 gas sorption data collected at 77 K. The H2 storage performance was preliminary assessed by low-pressure (0–1 bar) H2 gas adsorption and desorption measurements at 77 K. The activated IRMOF-1 material of this study demonstrated a fully reversible H2 sorption behavior combined with an adequate gravimetric H2 uptake relative to its BET specific area, thus achieving a value of ∼1 wt.% under close-to-atmospheric pressure conditions.
AB - A nanoporous metal–organic framework material, exhibiting an IRMOF-1 type crystalline structure, was prepared by following a direct solvothermal synthesis approach, using zinc nitrate and terephthalic acid as precursors and dimethylformamide as solvent, combined with supercritical CO2 activation and vacuum outgassing procedures. A series of advanced characterization methods were employed, including scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared radiation spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, in order to study the morphology, surface chemistry and structure of the IRMOF-1 material directly upon its synthesis. Porosity properties, such as Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET) specific area (∼520 m2/g) and micropore volume (∼0.2 cm3/g), were calculated for the activated sample based on N2 gas sorption data collected at 77 K. The H2 storage performance was preliminary assessed by low-pressure (0–1 bar) H2 gas adsorption and desorption measurements at 77 K. The activated IRMOF-1 material of this study demonstrated a fully reversible H2 sorption behavior combined with an adequate gravimetric H2 uptake relative to its BET specific area, thus achieving a value of ∼1 wt.% under close-to-atmospheric pressure conditions.
KW - Gas adsorption
KW - Hydrogen storage
KW - IRMOF-1
KW - Porosity
KW - Solvothermal synthesis
KW - Structure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.059
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018965688
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 42
SP - 23899
EP - 23907
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 37
ER -
