Recent advances in the type, synthesis and electrochemical application of defective metal-organic frameworks

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted increasing attention in electrochemistry due to their inherent characteristics, such as large specific surface area, high porosity, and structural flexibility. Defects can be designed and generated during the synthesis of MOFs, and their presence gives MOF materials excellent properties in terms of electrochemical energy conversion and storage. This review focuses on the types of defects in MOFs and presents recent and important advances in the methods for introducing defects into MOFs and the effects of defects on the physicochemical properties of MOFs, with emphasis on the application of defective MOFs as catalysts for electrochemical energy conversion and storage. On this basis, the current advantages and disadvantages of defective MOFs in electrochemical energy conversion and storage are presented and future research directions for defective MOFs construction in electrochemical applications are proposed.

Keywords

Metal-organic framework / defects / vacancy / catalyst / electrochemical

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