Power on the Dark Side: Stimulus-Responsive Adsorbents for Low-Energy Controlled Storage and Delivery of Low Boiling Fuels to Mobile Assets in Permanently Shaded Regions
- Researchers are developing stimulus-responsive adsorbents to store low-boiling fuels for mobile assets in permanently shaded regions.
- The project focuses on Metal Oxide Frameworks (MOFs) that can store methane and oxygen, which can be reacted in a solid oxide fuel cell to generate electricity.
- The use of MOFs could result in significant mass and cost savings compared to traditional storage tanks, which require active pressure and thermal regulation.
- The team will utilize computational and experimental tools to develop a suitable MOF structure for this application.
- The goal is to improve storage methods for fuels needed to generate electrical power in areas without sunlight, enabling more efficient and sustainable energy solutions.
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Christopher McGuirk
Colorado School of Mines
This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods for the fuels needed to generate electrical power in places where sunlight is not available. The effort will focus on particularly tailored materials called Metal Oxide Frameworks, or MOFs, that can be used to store methane and oxygen. The methane and oxygen can be reacted in a solid oxide fuel cell to generate electricity, and storing them in a MOF could potentially result in significant mass and cost savings over traditional storage tanks which also require active pressure and thermal regulation. The team will use a number of computational and experimental tools to develop a MOF structure suitable for this application.