New composite material that traps oxygen selectively could be useful for energy applications such as fuel cells
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 18:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Inexpensive materials called MOFs pull gases out of air or other mixed gas streams, but fail to do so with oxygen. Now, a team has overcome this limitation by creating a composite of a MOF and a helper molecule in which the two work in concert to separate oxygen from other gases simply and cheaply.