Porous material can arrange disordered gas molecules into a crystal-like structure, study predicts
Researchers at KAIST have developed a computational framework to design porous materials that can organize gas molecules into crystal-like lattices. This breakthrough could improve carbon capture and hydrogen storage efficiency by using pore structures as templates.
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Advancements in material science for gas storage are critical for developing more effective climate change mitigation technologies.
by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Add as preferred source Conceptual shift from host-only adsorption design to framework-templated gas lattice design. Credit: KAIST Capturing carbon or storing hydrogen to combat global warming requires compressing gases into sponge-like porous materials. Until now, gas molecules were thought to adsorb in a disordered manner throughout the pores. But what if invisible gas molecules could be lined up in regular order—like ice crystals or LEGO bricks?
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