Recent advances in the field of nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications
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Advances in nanoscale science and engineering are providing unprecedented opportunities to develop more efficient and cost-effective materials and technologies for environmentally friendly processes.
Zeolites and related materials, such as functionalised mesoporous silicas and the more recent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), represent a class of nanoporous materials characterised by very interesting and useful adsorption and/or ion exchange properties.
A brief overview on present and perspective utilizations of these materials in environmentally friendly processes, including solar and thermal energy storage, methane and hydrogen storage and CO2 capture, is here presented.Keywords
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