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A highly stable terbium(III) metal-organic framework MOF-76(Tb) for hydrogen storage and humidity sensing

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The present study described the synthesis and characterization of MOF-76(Tb) for hydrogen storage and humidity sensing applications. The structure and morphology of as-synthesized material were studied using powder X-ray diffraction, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. The crystal structure of MOF-76(Tb) consists of terbium(III) and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate(-III) ions, one coordinated aqua ligand and one crystallization N,N´-dimethylformamide molecule. The polymeric framework of MOF-76(Tb) contains 1D sinusoidally shaped channels with sizes of 6.6 × 6.6 Å propagating along c crystallographic axis. The thermogravimetric analysis of the prepared material exhibited thermal stability up to 600 °C. At 77 K and pressure up to 20 bar; 0.6 wt.% hydrogen storage capacity for MOF-76(Tb) was observed. Finally, the humidity sensing measurements (water adsorption experiments) were performed, and the results indicate that MOF-76(Tb) is not a suitable material for moisture sensing applications.

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M.A. thanks to the VEGA projects No. 1/0865/21, KEGA project No. 006UPJŠ-4/2021, APVV projects No. 18-0197, SK-CZ-RD-21-0068 and UPJS project No. 2022-2123. A.S. acknowledges the SERB SRG project No. 2021/002019.

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Akash Garg: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, roles/writing—original draft, writing—review and editing. Robin Saini, Devina Rattan Paul: conceptualization, methodology, roles/writing-original draft. Miroslav Almáši, Anshu Sharma, Ankur Jain, Indra Prabh Jain: supervision, project administration, conceptualization, methodology, roles/writing—original draft; writing—review and editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Garg, A., Almáši, M., Saini, R. et al. A highly stable terbium(III) metal-organic framework MOF-76(Tb) for hydrogen storage and humidity sensing. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 98548–98562 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21290-y

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