scholarly journals Metal-Organic Frameworks Promoted Hydrogen Storage Properties of Magnesium Hydride for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on Mars

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ze Zhang ◽  
Yuanding Wang ◽  
Haoming Wang ◽  
Xiang Xue ◽  
Qingguo Lin

Hydrogen is regarded as a promising solution to fulfill the energy demand of Mars human base in the future. Through in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars, the composite of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnesium hydride which demonstrates synergistic effect of physi- and chemisorption has been proposed to be an attractive approach for long-term hydrogen storage. MOFs may act either as scaffolds to confine Mg nanoparticles or as catalysts/precursors to lower the energy barrier for hydrogen dissociation on Mg surfaces. The corresponding mechanisms for faster hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics and lower operation temperature were further discussed and analyzed.

Author(s):  
Stephen J. I. Shearan ◽  
Jannick Jacobsen ◽  
Ferdinando Costantino ◽  
Roberto D’Amato ◽  
Dmitri Novikov ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 722
Author(s):  
Ioanna Christodoulou ◽  
Tom Bourguignon ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Gilles Patriarche ◽  
Christian Serre ◽  
...  

In recent years, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have attracted a growing interest for biomedical applications. The design of MOFs should take into consideration the subtle balance between stability and biodegradability. However, only few studies have focused on the MOFs’ stability in physiological media and their degradation mechanism. Here, we investigate the degradation of mesoporous iron (III) carboxylate MOFs, which are among the most employed MOFs for drug delivery, by a set of complementary methods. In situ AFM allowed monitoring with nanoscale resolution the morphological, dimensional, and mechanical properties of a series of MOFs in phosphate buffer saline and in real time. Depending on the synthetic route, the external surface presented either well-defined crystalline planes or initial defects, which influenced the degradation mechanism of the particles. Moreover, MOF stability was investigated under different pH conditions, from acidic to neutral. Interestingly, despite pronounced erosion, especially at neutral pH, the dimensions of the crystals were unchanged. It was revealed that the external surfaces of MOF crystals rapidly respond to in situ changes of the composition of the media they are in contact with. These observations are of a crucial importance for the design of nanosized MOFs for drug delivery applications.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hexiang Li ◽  
Fawei Zhu ◽  
Jun Xiang ◽  
Fangbin Wang ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
...  

We herein report a facile and scalable strategy for fabrication of the metal organic frameworks (MOFs) based composite by in-situ growing ZIF-8 on the gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) loaded magnetic carbon...


Author(s):  
Jilin Zheng ◽  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Shiying Zhou ◽  
Sha Chen ◽  
Yi Liang ◽  
...  

Integrating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) of different components or structures together and exploiting them as electrochemical sensors for electrochemical sensing have aroused great interest. And the incorporation of noble metals with...


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