Methyl modified MOF-5: a water stable hydrogen storage material

Jie Yang; Anna Grzech; Fokko M Mulder; Theo J Dingemans

doi:10.1039/c1cc11054c

Methyl modified MOF-5: a water stable hydrogen storage material

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 May 14;47(18):5244-6. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11054c. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Authors

Jie Yang¹, Anna Grzech, Fokko M Mulder, Theo J Dingemans

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, The Netherlands.

PMID: 21451855
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11054c

Abstract

Water stable methyl modified MOF-5s have been synthesized via a solvothermal route. Methyl- and 2,5-dimethyl-modified MOF-5s show the same topology and hydrogen uptake capability as that of MOF-5. The H(2) uptake capacity of MOF-5, however, drops rapidly when exposed to the ambient air, whereas the H(2) uptake capacities of the methyl modified MOF-5s remain stable for 4 days.