Researchers design a nanotechnology-based system that can transport methane at lower pressure and cost
Friday, July 24, 2020 - 09:51
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from the University of Alicante's Advanced Materials Laboratory have created an optimal, low-cost methane storage system. The team, led by UA Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Joaquín Silvestre, has used an MOF material (highly porous metal-organic framework). In the pores of this material, it is possible to create the conditions required to replicate gas structures under the sea, where millions of tonnes of natural gas are stored inside ice-like structures.