Ab Initio Study of Hydrogen Adsorption in MOF-5

Sillar, Kaido; Hofmann, Alexander; Sauer, Joachim

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“…To the best of our knowledge, mixture adsorption isotherms have not been measured for this system, yet they are essential to determine the performance of a material for carbon capture. At this point it is instructive to compare our approach with the multi-Langmuir approach that Sauer et al 32 developed. In the multi-Langmuir method, the MP2 energies at the binding sites are used directly to estimate the corresponding adsorption coefficient (or Henry coefficient) of the different adsorption sites and hence the use of force fields is avoided.…”

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Ab initio carbon capture in open-site metal–organic frameworks

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During the formation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), metal centres can coordinate with the intended organic linkers, but also with solvent molecules. In this case, subsequent activation by removal of the solvent molecules creates unsaturated 'open' metal sites known to have a strong affinity for CO 2 molecules, but their interactions are still poorly understood. Common force fields typically underestimate by as much as two orders of magnitude the adsorption of CO 2 in open-site Mg-MOF-74, which has emerged as a promising MOF for CO 2 capture. Here we present a systematic procedure to generate force fields using high-level quantum chemical calculations. Monte Carlo simulations based on an ab initio force field generated for CO 2 in Mg-MOF-74 shed some light on the interpretation of thermodynamic data from flue gas in this material. The force field describes accurately the chemistry of the open metal sites, and is transferable to other structures. This approach may serve in molecular simulations in general and in the study of fluid-solid interactions. Most energy scenarios project a significant increase in the role of renewable energy sources 1 . These scenarios also predict an even higher increase in our energy needs. As a consequence, although the relative consumption of fossil fuels will be decreasing, in absolute terms we will continue to burn more coal. In such a scenario, carbon capture and sequestration will be one of the only viable technologies to mitigate CO 2 emissions 1,2 . At present the cost associated with the capture of CO 2 from flue gas is one of the bottlenecks in the large-scale deployment of this technology. Of particular concern is that the efficiency of a coal-fired power plant decreases by as much as 30-40% (ref. 3) because of the energy required to separate and compress CO 2 . The aim of decreasing this parasitic load has motivated the search for novel materials 4,5 .A promising class of materials is metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) 4,6 . MOFs are crystalline materials that consist of metal centres connected by organic linkers. These materials have an extremely large internal surface area and, compared to other common adsorbents, promise very specific customization of their chemistry. By changing the metal and the linker, one can in principle generate many millions of possible materials. In practice, however, we can synthesize only a very small fraction of these materials, and it is important to develop a theoretical method that supports the experimental efforts to identify an ideal MOF for carbon capture. A key aspect is the ability to predict the properties of a MOF before the material is synthesized. At present it is possible to carry out accurate quantum chemical calculations on these types of systems 7 . State-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) calculations provide important insights into the energetics and siting of CO 2 at zero Kelvin 7 . The separation of flue gas, however, requires thermodynamic information (for example, adsorption isotherms) at flue-gas conditions (40...

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Ab initio carbon capture in open-site metal–organic frameworks

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“…[5] The method used ab initio binding geometries and energies to estimate the Henry coefficients at each binding site, and the full isotherm was extrapolated using a multisite Langmuir adsorption model. Second order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) was mainly used, with the convergence over fragment size performed against periodic van der Waal corrected density functional theory (DFT1D) calculations.…”

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Thermodynamics of gas adsorption in MOFs using Ab Initio calculations

Poloni

Kim

2015

Int J of Quantum Chemistry

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are attracting much attention as promising materials for gas separation. Given the large number of design possibilities in the MOF materials space, it is desirable to efficiently characterize their performance prior to their experimental synthesis. This Perspective focuses on some of the works that have been put forth in developing new methods that accurately describe the thermodynamics of gas uptake in MOFs by making use of a few selected ab initio calculations. We provide a future outlook toward a full ab initio description of these properties using efficient sampling strategies in conjunction with faster and more accurate quantum methods.

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“…The interplay between H 2 molecules and MOF (e.g., MOF-74,5) are dominated by dispersion interactions and the local environment surrounding the binding sites in the metal clusters [231][232][233][234]. Consequently, employing DFT methods that completely neglect nonlocal correlations (i.e., standard and hybrid flavours) and/or carrying out benchmark tests in model cluster systems which are too small (see Fig.…”

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The role of density functional theory methods in the prediction of nanostructured gas-adsorbent materials

Cazorla

2015

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Ab Initio Study of Hydrogen Adsorption in MOF-5

Cited by 231 publications

References 78 publications

Ab initio carbon capture in open-site metal–organic frameworks

Ab initio carbon capture in open-site metal–organic frameworks

Thermodynamics of gas adsorption in MOFs using Ab Initio calculations

The role of density functional theory methods in the prediction of nanostructured gas-adsorbent materials

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