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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7551 - 7553, DOI: 10.1039/b917046d


A new MOF-505 analog exhibiting high acetylene storage

Yunxia Hu, Shengchang Xiang, Wenwei Zhang, Zhuxiu Zhang, Lei Wang, Junfeng Bai and Banglin Chen


A new microporous metal–organic framework Cu2(EBTC)(H2O)2·xG (EBTC = 1,1-ethynebenzene-3,3,5,5-tetracarboxylate; G = guest molecule) was rationally designed with a NbO net, exhibiting significantly high acetylene storage of 252 and 160 cm3 g-1 at 273 and 295 K under 1 bar, respectively.

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