ENHANCEMENT EFFECT OF LITHIUM-DOPING FUNCTIONALIZATION ON HYDROGEN ADSORPTION IN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK
Grand canonical Monte-Carlo simulation was carried out to study the effect of linker functionalization by Li atoms. In this work, two new Li-doping structures, MOF-808-Li and MOF-808-OLi were theoretically constructed by physical modification and chemical modification, respectively. The results show that both these methods can improve the hydrogen storage performance significantly, owing to the Li atoms increasing the interaction energy between the hydrogen molecules and the Li-doped MOF-808. Furthermore, MOF-808-OLi shows higher hydrogen capacity in comparison to the H2 adsorption in the MOF-808-Li, this can be attributed to the new adsorption sites created by oxygen atom. The gravimetric adsorption capacity of MOF-808-OLi can reach 3.17[Formula: see text]wt.% at 77[Formula: see text]K and 1[Formula: see text]bar, which are significantly higher than the hydrogen adsorption in the unmodified MOF-808.