TY - JOUR A1 - Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar A1 - Többens, D. A1 - Svetogorov, R. A1 - Krüger, M. A1 - Stock, N. A1 - Reinsch, H. A1 - Wallacher, D. A1 - Stewart, R. A1 - Russina, M. T1 - Conformation-controlled hydrogen storage in the CAU-1 metal-organic framework N2 - We have studied the mechanism of hydrogen storage in the aluminium based metal–organic framework CAU-1 or [Al4(OH)2 OCH3)4(O2C-C6H3NH2-CO2)3] using a complementary multidisciplinary approach of volumetric gas sorption analysis, in situ neutron diffraction and spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The structure of CAU-1 forms two different types of microporous cages: (i) an octahedral cage with a diameter of about 10 Å and (ii) a tetrahedral cage with a diameter of about 5 Å. Though all metal sites of CAU-1 are fully coordinated, the material exhibits relatively high storage capacities, reaching 4 wt% at a temperature of 70 K. Our results reveal that hydrogen sorption is dominantly driven by cooperative guest–guest interactions and interactions between guest hydrogen molecules and organic linkers. The adsorption of hydrogen on the organic linkers leads to the contraction of the host framework structure and as a result to changes in the electronic potential surface inside the pores. This, in turn, leads to cooperative rearrangement of the molecules inside the pores and to the formation of additionally occupied positions, increasing hydrogen uptake. At the final stage we observe the formation of solid amorphous hydrogen inside the pores. KW - Hydrogen storage KW - MOF KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Neutron scattering PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp05310f SN - 1463-9076 SN - 1463-9084 VL - 18 SP - 29258 EP - 29267 PB - The Royal Soc. of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-37794 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar A1 - Grzimek, V. A1 - Günther, G. A1 - Svetogorov, R. A1 - Veziri, C. M. A1 - Kapsi, M. A1 - Karanikolos, G. N. A1 - Prokhnenko, O. A1 - Bewley, R. A1 - Russina, M. T1 - Explaining water adsorption in one-dimensional channels in AlPO4-5 on molecular scale N2 - The adsorption of water in one-dimensional channels in porous aluminophosphate material AlPO4-5 has been studied by a combination of gravimetric Analysis techniques, neutron and X-ray diffraction and Neutron spectroscopy. Molecular structure of AlPO4-5 consists of 12-membered rings of alternating, corner-sharing AlO4 and PO4 tetrahedra connected by oxygen bridges into sheets in the (a, b) plane. The sheets are connected by oxygen bridges along the c crystal axis and form onedimensional channels of which the largest, formed by the 12-membered rings, have a van der Waals Diameter of about 8.3 Å. Gradually increasing the amount of adsorbed water we could follow the evolution of the confined water mobility in a systematic way and identify the molecular mechanism of water adsorption. We focused particularly on the range of low and medium relative pressures up to p/p0=0.32, where a Change from a hydrophobic behavior to a steep, capillary condensation like water intake has been observed. At the Initial adsorption stages water occupies positions close to the pore walls causing the contraction of channels in the (a, b) plane and the prolongation of the channels along c axis in AlPO4-5. With the progressing intake water molecules form chains along the main channels. The cooperative interactions between water molecules lead to the onset of phonon-like cooperative modes and, surprisingly, to the increase of diffusive-like motion, which slow down only in the final adsorption stages when AlPO4-5 channels are completely filled. KW - AlPO4-5 KW - Water adsorption KW - Confined water KW - 1-dimensional, KW - Diffusion PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.11.025 SN - 1387-1811 VL - 304 SP - 109201 PB - Elsevier Inc. AN - OPUS4-46798 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar A1 - Svetogorov, R. T1 - Crystal structure refinements - Rietveld Method N2 - The talk is an introduction into the Rietveld method and basic aspects concerning powder diffraction analysis. The FOX- and Jana software are explained stepwise which should enable the audiences of the talk to start structure refinements by their own. T2 - Neutron Scattering Application to Hydrogen Storage Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 07.08.2017 KW - Rietveld KW - Refinement KW - FOX KW - Jana2006 PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41345 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -