Applications of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Gas Storage and Separations

 

Applications of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Gas Storage and Separations

Date: 8^th November, 2024 (Friday)

Time: 2:30 - 3:30 pm (HKT)

Venue: Lecture Theatre P1, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

Prof. Hiroyasu Furukawa

 

Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

University of California

Dr. Furukawa received his BS degree in Chemistry from Yokohama National University in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of Tokyo in 2000. That same year he moved to Waseda University as a Research Associate to start his academic career. He received a fellowship in 2003 from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Japanese young scientists. In this period he worked with Dr. Yaghi in Department of Chemistry at University of Michigan. He learned all the techniques required to characterize porous materials and measure the properties. Dr. Furukawa moved to Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California - Los Angeles in 2006 with Dr. Yaghi. Since then he is focusing on the gas adsorption and separation properties of crystalline porous materials. His current position is a research scientist at Department of Chemistry, University of California.

Over the past two decades, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been shown to exhibit the high-capacity uptake of various gas molecules. This originates from the remarkable chemical and structural tunability of framework structures relative to other adsorbents, and importantly, certain MOFs outperform traditional adsorbents based on numerous metrics and, as such, are of interest for storage and separations applications of critical relevance to our environment and industry. In recent years, we investigated selective gas adsorption in a number of MOFs using a suite of analytical techniques to derive critical insights into the structural and electronic factors dictating their unique adsorption properties. This presentation will describe the recent results of the unique adsorption behaviors of industrially important gases, such as hydrogen and ammonia. These results help to open the door to developing new avenues in the design and synthesis of novel framework materials for gas adsorption and separation processes.