Partial funding by the European Commission DG Research (contract SES6-2006-518271/NESSHY) is gratefully acknowledged by the authors. We are also thankful to Annette Fuchs for measuring the nitrogen adsorption isotherms and to Bernd Ludescher for technical support.
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Desorption Studies of Hydrogen in Metal–Organic Frameworks†
Article first published online: 31 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704053
Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 47, Issue 11, pages 2138–2142, February 28, 2008
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How to Cite
Panella, B., Hönes, K., Müller, U., Trukhan, N., Schubert, M., Pütter, H. and Hirscher, M. (2008), Desorption Studies of Hydrogen in Metal–Organic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 2138–2142. doi: 10.1002/anie.200704053
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 FEB 2008
- Article first published online: 31 JAN 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 5 OCT 2007
- Manuscript Received: 3 SEP 2007
Funded by
- European Commission. Grant Number: SES6-2006-518271/NESSHY
Keywords:
- adsorption;
- hydrogen storage;
- microporous materials;
- organic–inorganic hybrid composites;
- physisorption

The diameter is decisive: Adsorption sites for hydrogen in the metal–organic frameworks Cu-BTC, MIL-53, MOF-5, and IRMOF-8 could be identified by using thermal desorption spectroscopy at very low temperatures (see graph). The correlation between the desorption spectra and the pore structure of these MOFs shows that at high hydrogen concentrations the diameter of the cavity determines the heat of adsorption.

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