AUTHOR=Zhang Ze , Wang Yuanding , Wang Haoming , Xue Xiang , Lin Qingguo 

TITLE=Metal-Organic Frameworks Promoted Hydrogen Storage Properties of Magnesium Hydride for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on Mars

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Materials

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/articles/10.3389/fmats.2021.766288

DOI=10.3389/fmats.2021.766288

ISSN=2296-8016

ABSTRACT=<p>Hydrogen is regarded as a promising solution to fulfill the energy demand of Mars human base in the future. Through <italic>in-situ</italic> resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars, the composite of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnesium hydride which demonstrates synergistic effect of physi- and chemisorption has been proposed to be an attractive approach for long-term hydrogen storage. MOFs may act either as scaffolds to confine Mg nanoparticles or as catalysts/precursors to lower the energy barrier for hydrogen dissociation on Mg surfaces. The corresponding mechanisms for faster hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics and lower operation temperature were further discussed and analyzed.</p>