Now, according to USC scientists, it turns out that metal-organic frameworks can conduct electricity in the same way metals do. This opens the door for metal organic-frameworks to one day efficiently store renewable energy at a very large, almost unthinkable scale. “For the first time ever, we have demonstrated a metal-organic framework that exhibits conductivity like that of a metal. The natural porosity of the metal-organic framework makes it ideal for reducing the mass of material, allowing for lighter

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