NANO-STORAGE OFFERS EFFICIENCY GAINS FOR GAS-FUELS DRIVEN AUTOS
August 1st, 2013
Scientists are developing new nano-gas storage systems that may allow automotive engineers to build more cars that can operate more efficiently on gas-based fuels. The storage systems are built out of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) that can store more gas (such as methane, hydrogen or CO2) than empty cylinders. It may sound like science-fiction - a vessel that is larger on the inside than the outside - but MOFs are crystal-based solids with nanoscopic pores inside them that have a huge amount of total surface area.MOFS can accommodate gases that like to stick - ...
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