High H2 and CH4 Adsorption Capacity of a Highly Porous (2,3,4)-Connected Metal-Organic Framework

A porous metal organic framework [Cu-6(BDPP)(3)(H2O)(6)] (BDPP = 3,5-bis(3,5-dicarboxylphenyl)pyridine) (NJU-Bai10) was synthesized. NJU-Bai10 exhibits a high BET surface area of 2883 m(2) g(-1), the highest excess H-2 volumetric adsorption of 48.0 g L-1 (60 bar, 77 K), and a high methane uptake of 198.6 cm(3) cm(-3) that surpasses the DOE target.