Methane storage using metal–dipyrazolate frameworks
Xiang-Jing Kong, Varvara I Nikolayenko, Alan C Eaby, Lenore Miller, Debobroto Sensharma, Daqiang Yuan, Hongliang Huang, Guang-Rui Si, Xia Li, Soumya Mukherjee, Leonard J Barbour, Brian Space, Xian-He Bu, Zuo-Ren Nie, Tao He, Jian-Rong Li, Michael J Zaworotko · 2026
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Xiang-Jing Kong leads a large collaboration reporting, in a 2026 paper, sponge-like crystal frameworks that store methane for natural gas vehicles. Storing gas by adsorption at moderate pressure would be safer and cheaper than liquefying or compressing it, yet materials must hold and release a large amount per fill.
Their metal-dipyrazolate frameworks flex between narrow-pore and large-pore forms as methane enters. One zinc framework delivered 173 cubic centimetres of gas per cubic centimetre of material across a common pressure range. It delivered more at higher pressure. It also resisted the water damage that ruins an earlier benchmark material. Tests in 250-millilitre tanks showed the performance survived repeated cycles. Structural studies and modelling explain the pore switching.
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| CREATOR | Xiang-Jing Kong, Varvara I Nikolayenko, Alan C Eaby, Lenore Miller, Debobroto Sensharma, Daqiang Yuan, Hongliang Huang, Guang-Rui Si, Xia Li, Soumya Mukherjee, Leonard J Barbour, Brian Space, Xian-He Bu, Zuo-Ren Nie, Tao He, Jian-Rong Li, Michael J Zaworotko |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43737 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |