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Despite the extensive studies done on the remarkable characteristics of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas storage applications, several issues still preclude their widespread commercial lightweight applications. In most cases, MOF materials are produced in powdery form and often require shaping to attain application-specific properties. Fabrication of MOF-polymer composites is considered an attractive approach for shaping MOF powders. In most cases, the final hybrid material retains the intrinsic adsorbing properties of the pristine MOF coupled with other interesting synergistic features which are sometimes superior to their pristine counterparts. In this regard, the use of porous polymers of intrinsic microporosity (such as PIM-1) has proved to be of interest. However, most of these polymers lack some other important properties such as conductivity, which is of paramount importance in a hydrogen storage system. It is on this basis that our study aimed at direct anchoring of a PIM-1/MOF viscous solution onto a carbon foam (CF) substrate. The effects of PIM-1/UiO-66(Zr) inclusion into CF to the resulting thermal properties (thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and volumetric heat capacity) as well as hydrogen uptake capacity was investigated. Contrary to our expectations, the incorporation of PIM-1/UiO-66(Zr) into CF only offered better handling but did not lead to the enhancement of thermal conductivity.
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The authors acknowledge financial support from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) of South Africa towards HySA Infrastructure (Grant No. CNMH01X), National Research Foundation (NRF) for SA/France collaboration funding (Grant No. CNMH20X) and the Royal Society—DFID Africa Capacity Building Initiative Programme Grant (Grant No. AQ150029).
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Molefe, L.Y., Musyoka, N.M., Ren, J. et al. Effect of Inclusion of MOF-Polymer Composite onto a Carbon Foam Material for Hydrogen Storage Application. J Inorg Organomet Polym 31, 80–88 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01701-8
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