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The role of metal–organic frameworks in a carbon-neutral energy cycle

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  • Alexander Schoedel

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, University of California)

  • Zhe Ji

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, University of California)

  • Omar M. Yaghi

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, University of California
    King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology)

Abstract

Reducing society's reliance on fossil fuels presents one of the most pressing energy and environmental challenges facing our planet. Hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide, which are some of the smallest and simplest molecules known, may lie at the centre of solving this problem through realization of a carbon-neutral energy cycle. Potentially, this could be achieved through the deployment of hydrogen as the fuel of the long term, methane as a transitional fuel, and carbon dioxide capture and sequestration as the urgent response to ongoing climate change. Here we detail strategies and technologies developed to overcome the difficulties encountered in the capture, storage, delivery and conversion of these gas molecules. In particular, we focus on metal–organic frameworks in which metal oxide ‘hubs’ are linked with organic ‘struts’ to make materials of ultrahigh porosity, which provide a basis for addressing this challenge through materials design on the molecular level.

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  • Alexander Schoedel & Zhe Ji & Omar M. Yaghi, 2016. "The role of metal–organic frameworks in a carbon-neutral energy cycle," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 1(4), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:1:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1038_nenergy.2016.34
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.34
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    1. Tang Yang & Xinnan Mao & Ying Zhang & Xiaoping Wu & Lu Wang & Mingyu Chu & Chih-Wen Pao & Shize Yang & Yong Xu & Xiaoqing Huang, 2021. "Coordination tailoring of Cu single sites on C3N4 realizes selective CO2 hydrogenation at low temperature," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Chen, Xing & Lin, Boqiang, 2021. "Towards carbon neutrality by implementing carbon emissions trading scheme: Policy evaluation in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

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