Issue 10, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Methane storage in tea clathrates†

Weixing Wang,*a   Peiyu Zeng,a   Xiyi Long,a   Jierong Huang,a   Yao Liu,a   Bien Tanb  and  Luyi Sun*c  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
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b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

c Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
E-mail: luyi.sun@uconn.edu
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Abstract

Methane can be stored in tea clathrates, that is kinetics of methane clathrate formation can be significantly accelerated (90% saturation uptake in 20 min) by ingredients (polyphenols and saponins) in tea infusions with a volumetric capacity of up to 172 v/v.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47619G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Oct 2013
Accepted
22 Nov 2013
First published
25 Nov 2013

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 1244-1246

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Methane storage in tea clathrates

W. Wang, P. Zeng, X. Long, J. Huang, Y. Liu, B. Tan and L. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1244 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47619G

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