Temperature-
or pressure-swing sorption in porous metal–organic
framework (MOF) materials has been proposed for new gas separation
technologies. The high tunability of MOFs toward particular adsorbates
and the relatively low energy penalty for system regeneration indicate
that reversible physisorption in MOFs has the potential to create
economic and environmental benefits compared with state-of-the-art
chemisorption systems. However, for MOF-based sorbents to be commercialized,
they have to show long-term stability under the conditions imposed
by the application. Here, we demonstrate the structural stability
of MFM-300(Al) in the presence of a series of industrially relevant
toxic and corrosive gases, including SO
2
, NO
2
, and NH
3
, over 4 years using long-duration synchrotron
X-ray powder diffraction. Full structural analysis of gas-loaded MFM-300(Al)
confirms the retention of these toxic gas molecules within the porous
framework for up to 200 weeks, and cycling adsorption experiments
verified the reusability of MFM-300(Al) for the capture of these toxic
air pollutants.