Nano-Cages for a Greener Age

This book guides readers through the rapidly evolving field of nano-cage materials and their potential to transform sustainable energy and environmental technologies. Covering the science, design, and application of advanced porous materials such as MOFs, COFs, carbon-based frameworks, and composites, it explores how these materials can enable efficient hydrogen storage, carbon capture, and CO conversion. The book also highlights emerging real-world industrial applications and future opportunities for achieving net-zero goals. The book serves as an essential resource, combining foundational concepts with cutting-edge developments, valuable for researchers, engineers, and students interested in next-generation materials for a sustainable future.

Comprehensive overview of nano-cage materials, covering MOFs, COFs and carbon-based porous materials Explores the dual challenge of sustainable hydrogen storage and CO capture and conversion Bridges fundamental principles, industrial applications, and emerging computational and machine learning approaches

Autorentext

Abayomi Bamisaye is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Lecturer in Chemistry at Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. His research expertise focuses on waste-to-wealth innovations. His main focus is on nanotechnology and biomass valorization, with applications in drug delivery, environmental remediation, biofuel, energy conversion and storage.

Nelson Oshogwue Etafo is a lecturer at Universidad Politécnica de Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. His research centers on photoluminescence and photocatalysis in phosphor materials and nanomaterials, building on extensive experience teaching and working within materials chemistry and nanoscience.

Sesan Abiodun Aransiola is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Multidisciplinary Innovation Studies (CAIMIS) at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria Campus, Pretoria, South Africa, and a Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. His research focuses on innovative solutions for soil and water remediation, sustainable agriculture, and the bioremediation of pollutants.

Kayode Adesina Adegoke is a well-grounded researcher. His research expertise focuses on energy conversion, environmental remediation, and electrochemical systems. His main focus includes the cellulose-based materials, metal organic framework (MOF) and Carbon/metal-based catalysts for efficient CO2 conversion to fuel/chemicals, water splitting and oxygen reduction reactions.

Henrietta W. Langmi is currently the DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair in Advanced Materials and Sustainable Energy at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her primary research interests include hydrogen storage, porous materials, green and sustainable chemistry, and CO2 capture and utilization

Inhalt

Section 1: Foundations and Context.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Nano-Cages in a Changing World.- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Porosity and Framework Chemistry.- Chapter 3: Evolution of Framework Materials.- Section 2: Materials Landscape.- Chapter 4: MetalOrganic Frameworks (MOFs).- Chapter 5: MetalOrganic Frameworks-Polymer hybrid.- Chapter 6: Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs).- Chapter 7: Carbon-Based Porous Materials.- Chapter 8: Composite Frameworks.- Section 3: Hydrogen Storage with Nano-Cages.- Chapter 9: Fundamentals of Hydrogen Storage.- Chapter 10: Physisorption Mechanisms in Porous Frameworks.- Chapter 11: MOFs for Hydrogen Storage.- Chapter 12: COFs in Hydrogen Storage.- Chapter 13: Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage.- Chapter 14: Composite Frameworks in Hydrogen Storage.- Section 4: CO Capture and Conversion.- Chapter 15: Fundamentals of Carbon Capture.- Chapter 16: MOFs and COFs for CO Capture.- Chapter 17: Carbon Materials in CO Capture.- Chapter 18: Beyond Capture: Catalytic CO Conversion.- Section 5 Integration, Applications, and Future.- Chapter 19: Dual-Function Materials for H Storage and CO Capture.- Chapter 20: Industrial and Energy Applications.- Chapter 21. Computational and Machine Learning Approaches.- Chapter 22: Nano-Cages and the Net-Zero Future: Policy, Sustainability, and Horizons Ahead.