Breathing-induced new phase transition in an MIL-53(Al)-NH2 metal-organic framework under high methane pressures

Linius Bolinois; Tanay Kundu; Xuerui Wang; Yuxiang Wang; Zhigang Hu; Kenny Koh; Dan Zhao

doi:10.1039/c7cc02743e

Breathing-induced new phase transition in an MIL-53(Al)-NH₂ metal-organic framework under high methane pressures

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jul 18;53(58):8118-8121. doi: 10.1039/c7cc02743e.

Authors

Linius Bolinois¹, Tanay Kundu, Xuerui Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Zhigang Hu, Kenny Koh, Dan Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585 Singapore. chezhao@nus.edu.sg.

PMID: 28634613
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc02743e

Abstract

The high pressure methane sorption tests on a flexible metal-organic framework [MIL-53(Al)-NH₂] reveal a new phase transition to a large pore (lp) phase above 45 bar. The mixed-ligand strategy and pressure cycling tests are suggested to reduce the pressure requirement of such a phase transition for applications in natural gas storage.