Coordination Polymers and Oligomers and Labyrinthine Molecular Solids as Materials for the Sorption of Gases/Vapours, with Emphasis on Hydrogen

这项工作将提供新型的气体吸收固体，它可能在气体的分离和储存以及催化方面找到实际用途。氢几乎是完美的、无污染的燃料；澳大利亚充足的阳光可能使其价格便宜且容易获得。缺乏一种安全、经济的方法，可以在容易达到和维持的压力下储存氢，这仍然是未来许多氢动力设备（如手机、笔记本电脑、无线工具和车辆）可行性的主要障碍。所提出的工作将有助于开发安全、高效和便携式储氢系统。

The work will afford new types of gas sorbing solids, which may find practical uses in the separation and storage of gases and in catalysis. Hydrogen is almost the perfect, pollution-free fuel; Australia's abundant sunlight potentially makes it cheap and readily available here. The lack of a safe and economic means of storing hydrogen at easily achieved and maintained pressures remains the chief obstacle to the viability of numerous hydrogen-powered devices of the future such as cell phones, laptop computers, cordless tools and vehicles. The work proposed will contribute to the development of safe, efficient, and portable hydrogen storage systems.