Hydrogen adsorption strength and sites in the metal organic framework MOF5: Comparing experiment and model calculations

F. M. Mulder, T. J. Dingemans, H. G. Schimmel, A. J. Ramirez-Cuesta, G. J. Kearley

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Abstract

Hydrogen adsorption in porous, high surface area, and stable metal organic frameworks (MOF's) appears a novel route towards hydrogen storage materials [N.L. Rosi, J. Eckert, M. Eddaoudi, D.T. Vodak, J. Kim, M. O'Keeffe, O.M. Yaghi, Science 300 (2003) 1127; J.L.C. Rowsell, A.R. Millward, K. Sung Park, O.M. Yaghi, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 5666; G. Ferey, M. Latroche, C. Serre, F. Millange, T. Loiseau, A. Percheron-Guegan, Chem. Commun. (2003) 2976; T. Loiseau, C. Serre, C. Huguenard, G. Fink, F. Taulelle, M. Henry, T. Bataille, G. Férey, Chem. Eur. J. 10 (2004) 1373]. A prerequisite for such materials is sufficient adsorption interaction strength for hydrogen adsorbed on the adsorption sites of the material because this facilitates successful operation under moderate temperature and pressure conditions. Here we report detailed information on the geometry of the hydrogen adsorption sites, based on the analysis of inelastic neutron spectroscopy (INS). The adsorption energies for the metal organic framework MOF5 equal about 800 K for part of the different sites, which is significantly higher than for nanoporous carbon materials (∼550 K) [H.G. Schimmel, G.J. Kearley, M.G. Nijkamp, C.T. Visser, K.P. de Jong, F.M. Mulder, Chem. Eur. J. 9 (2003) 4764], and is in agreement with what is found in first principles calculations [T. Sagara, J. Klassen, E. Ganz, J. Chem. Phys. 121 (2004) 12543; F.M. Mulder, T.J. Dingemans, M. Wagemaker, G.J. Kearley, Chem. Phys. 317 (2005) 113]. Assignments of the INS spectra is realized using comparison with independently published model calculations [F.M. Mulder, T.J. Dingemans, M. Wagemaker, G.J. Kearley, Chem. Phys. 317 (2005) 113] and structural data [T. Yildirim, M.R. Hartman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 215504].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-76
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics
Volume351
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 3 2008
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is part of the Delft Institute for Sustainable Energy (DISE) and the Delft Centre for Materials (DCMat). Financial support was received from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) for access to ISIS. We thank Dr. S.F. Parker for his support during the experiments at ISIS.

FundersFunder number
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Keywords

    • Adsorption interaction
    • First principles modelling
    • Hydrogen storage
    • IRMOF-1
    • MOF5
    • Metal organic framework
    • Neutron spectroscopy

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