Clean Energy
We focus on developing innovative solutions with MOFs in areas such as gas capture and storage (e.g. methane), proton conductivity, and energy-efficient catalysis to support the transition to renewable energy sources and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Gas capture and storage
- Proton conductivity
Selected publications:
a) Gas capture & storage
Bunzen H.*, Sertan Gökmen B., Kalytta-Mewes A., Grzywa M., Wojciechowski J., Hütter J., Hehn A.-S., Volkmer D.: Experimental and Theoretical Insights on Gas Trapping of Noble Gases in MFU-4 Type Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chem. Eur. J. 2024, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403574.
More coming soon. Manuscripts submitted.
b) Proton conductivity
Bunzen H.*, Javed A., Klawinski D., Lamp A., Grzywa M., Kalytta-Mewes A., Tiemann M., Krug von Nidda H.-A., Wagner T., Volkmer D.: Anisotropic Water-Mediated Proton Conductivity in Large Iron(II) Metal-Organic Framework Single Crystals for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 291-298.
Javed A., Steinke F., Wöhlbrandt S., Bunzen H., Stock N., Tiemann M.: The role of sulfonate groups and hydrogen bonding in the proton conductivity of two coordination networks, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 437-443.
Javed A., Strauss I., Bunzen H., Caro J., Tiemann M.: Humidity-Mediated Anisotropic Proton Conductivity through the 1D Channels of Co-MOF-74, Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1263.
c) Catalysis
Zhang R., Liu Y., Ding P., Huang J., Dierolf M., Kelly S. D., Qiu X., Chen Y., Hussain M. Z., Li W., Bunzen H., Achterhold K., Pfeiffer F., Sharp I. D., Warnan J.*, Fischer R. A.*: Engineering a Cu-Pd Paddle-Wheel Metal−Organic Framework for Selective CO2 Electroreduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202414600.