High water uptake capacity of mesoporous material ideal for use in heat transformation applications
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The search for sustainable ways of producing energy is currently a very popular and important topic of investigation. Water adsorption/desorption is a process that can be used for the transformation of energy. Porous solids enable larger amounts of adsorption/desorption, as they provide a greater surface area. MIL-101 is such a highly porous material, a metal-organic framework that was synthesized previously and demonstrated to have very large pores.