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Hydrogen Storage and Selective, Reversible O2 Adsorption in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Chromium(II) Sites

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Author(s)

Eric D. Bloch, Wendy L. Queen, Matthew Ross Hudson, Jarad A. Mason, Dianne J. Xiao, Leslie J. Murray, Roxana Flacau, Craig Brown, Jeffrey R. Long

Abstract

A chromium(II)-based metal-organic framework, Cr3[Cr4Cl)3(BTT)8]2 (Cr-BTT;BTT3- = 1,3,5-benzenetrisetrazolate), featuring coordinatively-unsaturated, redox-active Cr2+ cation sites was synthesized and investigated for potential applications in H2 adsorption and neutron powder diffraction experiments reveal moderately strong Cr-H2 interactions, in line with results from previously reported M-BTT frameworks. Notably, gas adsorption measurements also reveal excellent O2/N2 selectivity with substantial O2 reversibility at room temperature, based on selective electron transfer to form CrIII- superoxide moieties. Infrared spectroscopy and powder neutron diffraction experiments were used to confirm this mechanism of selective O2 binding.
Citation
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
Volume
55
Issue
30

Keywords

hydrogen storage, neutron diffraction, metal organic framework

Citation

Bloch, E. , Queen, W. , Hudson, M. , Mason, J. , Xiao, D. , Murray, L. , Flacau, R. , Brown, C. and Long, J. (2016), Hydrogen Storage and Selective, Reversible O<sub>2</sub> Adsorption in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Chromium(II) Sites, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=921119 (Accessed April 24, 2024)
Created July 17, 2016, Updated October 12, 2021