title: Incorporating magnesium and calcium cations in porous organic frameworks for high-capacity hydrogen storage.
abstract: We propose incorporating a bi-functional group consisting of magnesium or calcium cations and a 1,2,4,5-benzenetetroxide anion (C6H2O4(4-)) in porous materials to enhance the hydrogen storage capacity. The C6H2O4M2 bifunctional group is highly stable and polarized, and each group provides 18 (M = Mg) or 22 (M = Ca) binding sites for hydrogen molecules with an average binding energy of ca. 10 kJ mol(-1) per hydrogen molecule based on RIMP2/ TZVPP calculations. Two porous materials (PAF-Mg or PAF-Ca) constructed with the bi-functional groups show remarkable improvement in hydrogen uptakes at normal ambient conditions. At 233 K and 10 MPa, the predicted gravimetric uptakes are 6.8 and 6.4 wt% for PAF-Mg and PAF-Ca respectively. This work reveals that fabricating materials with large numbers of binding sites and relatively low binding energies is a promising approach to achieve high capacity for on-board storage of hydrogen.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yingxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Huai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun