金属有机骨架与相变芯材相互作用的分子动力学

Molecular dynamics study on the interaction between metal-organic frameworks and phase change core materials

  • 摘要: 金属有机骨架材料(metal-organic frameworks, MOFs)由于具有规整的孔道结构,较高的孔隙率十分适合作为相变材料的载体,从而实现对相变芯材的有效封装。本文采用分子动力学方法,对Cr-MIL-101负载十八烷,十八酸,十八胺和十八醇等不同芯材而构筑的复合相变材料的结构特性进行了研究,主要包括相变芯材和金属有机骨架基材之间的相互作用,芯材在金属有机骨架材料孔道内的扩散特性以及空间分布特性等。研究表明:十八酸和金属有机骨架基体之间的相互作用最强,十八醇和十八胺次之,十八烷最弱,具体体现在相变芯材分子与金属有机骨架材料之间的相互作用能,回转半径,分子动能,自扩散系数以及热容等众多方面,此外,当芯材分子间相互作用和金属有机骨架材料与芯材之间的相互作用达到平衡时,芯材分子在孔道内处于较为自由的状态,有利于扩散的进行,进而有利于芯材的结晶。

     

    Abstract: Advanced phase change energy storage materials are the core and key to promoting the development of energy storage technology. As the core of phase change energy storage technology, the development of phase change materials (PCMs) has attracted more and more attention. At present, solid‒liquid PCMs are widely used. The main problem in the development of PCMs is that they are prone to liquid leakage in the process of phase change and need to be encapsulated before use. This not only increases the thermal resistance between the PCMs and heat source equipment, reducing the heat transfer efficiency, but also increases the weight of the energy storage device, which greatly limits its practical application. As a result, the development of PCMs with excellent comprehensive performance is of great significance for the field of thermal energy storage and utilization. Due to the regular channel structure and the high porosity, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are very suitable to serve as the PCMs carrier to realize effective packaging of phase change core materials. In this work, the structural properties of Cr-MIL-101 loaded with different core materials, namely, the octadecane, octadecanoic acid, octadecylamine, and octadecanol molecules, were investigated by molecular dynamics simulation method, which mainly considers the interaction between the phase change core and the MOFs substrate, the diffusion characteristics, and the spatial distribution characteristics of the core in the MOFs channel. The study indicates that the interaction between octadecanoic acid and MOFs substrate is the strongest, followed by the interaction between the substrate and octadecanol and octadecamine, while the interaction between the substrate and octadecane is the weakest. This result is also reflected in many aspects, such as the interaction energy between the molecules and MOFs, the radius of rotation, the molecular kinetic energy, the self-diffusion coefficient, and the heat capacity. In addition, when the interaction between the core material molecules and the interaction between MOFs and the core material reach an equilibrium, the core material molecules are in a relatively free state in the pore, which is conducive to diffusion, and then to the crystallization of the core materials.

     

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