Impact of preparation and handling on the hydrogen storage properties of Zn4O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)3 (MOF-5).

Zn4O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)3 (MOF-5) Steven S. Kaye,† Anne Dailly,‡,§ Omar M. Yaghi,¶ and Jeffrey R. Long*,† Department of Chemistry, UniVersity of California, Berkeley, California 94720, Chemical and EnVironmental Sciences Laboratory, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan 48090, College of Engineering, Purdue UniVersity, West Lafayette, Indiana 4790, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Reticular Chemistry at the California NanoSystems Institute, UniVersity of California, Los Angeles, California 90095