Abstract

SANCHEZ-SERRATOS, Mayra; ALVAREZ, José Raziel; GONZALEZ-ZAMORA, Eduardo  and  IBARRA, Ilich A.. Porous Coordination Polymers (PCPs): New Platforms for Gas Storage. J. Mex. Chem. Soc [online]. 2016, vol.60, n.2, pp.43-57. ISSN 1870-249X.

This review article presents the fundamental and practical aspects of porous coordination polymers (PCPs). A comprehensive description of PCPs, a crucial issue in order to identify the applications in which PCPs are promising candidates, is discussed here. By considering a non-exhaustive yet representative set of PCPs, the structural description, dimensionality, synthesis and characterisation of these materials is presented. Particularly, gas storage in PCPs is highlighted among many applications for these frameworks structures.

Keywords : porous coordination polymers (PCPs); coordination chemistry; metal ions; ligands; dimensionality; porosity; gas storage.