Hydrogen Storage by MOFs

9 Rowsell, J. L. C. and Yaghi, O. M., Strategies for hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks , Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4670-4679. 

We have already discussed the technological importance of hydrogen storage materials in Section 7.9, where we looked at clathrate-type organic frameworks in this context. We now return to the subject 

Robust inorganic porous networks such as zeolites are of tremendous industrial interest in separation, storage and catalysis. As a result they have stimulated the preparation of a wider range of organic zeolites that aim to mimic their porous and robust properties while allowing more extensive synthetic tenability. 

The term porosity requires a demonstration of permeability and is applied to a particular solid form, not just to a particular chemical substance. 

Three-Dimensional Nets and Polyhedra. Wiley-Interscience New York, 1977. 

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