Gas storage system

US7309380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF SE
• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · US

Inventors

• Ulrich Müller · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Reinhard Heβ · Ellerstadt, DE
• Rainer Senk · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Markus Hölzle · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Omar M. Yaghi · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 18, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S502/526
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A container for uptaking, or storing, or releasing, or uptaking and storing, or uptaking and releasing, or storing and releasing, or uptaking, storing and releasing at least one gas, comprising a metal-organic framework material comprising pores and at least one metal ion and at least one at least bidentate organic compound which is bound to said metal ion, as well as to a fuel cell comprising said container, and to a method of using said container or said fuel cell for supplying power to power plants, cars, trucks, busses, cell phones, and laptops.