Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Combustible ice mimicking behavior of hydrogen-bonded organic framework at ambient condition

  • Yang Wang,
  • Xudong Hou,
  • Congyan Liu,
  • Mohamed K. Albolkany,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Niannian Wu,
  • Chunhui Chen,
  • Bo Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16976-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Porous materials function as sorbents for gas storage but release of guest molecules often needs extra energy. Here the authors report reversible methanol adsorption and release in a hydrogen-bonded organic framework, which mimics combustible ice behavior but under ambient condition.