In the past 30 years, rare-earth metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been gaining attention owing to their diverse chemical structures, and tunable properties.

Rare-earth (RE) analogues of UiO-66 with non-functionalised 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate linkers are synthesised for the first time, and a series of synthetic approaches is provided to troubleshoot the synthesis. RE-UiO-66 analogues are...

Luminescent metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) are of interest for sensing, theranostics, dosimetry, and other applications. The use of lanthanoids in MOF nodes allows for intrinsic metal-based luminescence. In this work, a facile route for modulating the photoluminescent and radioluminescent properties of Tb(III)-based MOFs is reported. By using Tb(III) cluster nodes as X-ray attenuators, and organic linkers with varying excited state energies as sensitizers, MOFs with metalbased, linker-based, and metal+linker-based photo-and radioluminescence are reported.

Copper(II)-based electrocatalysts for water oxidation in aqueous solution have been studied previously, but photodriving these systems still remains a challenge. In this work, a bis(diimine)copper(I)-based donor−chromophore−acceptor system is synthesized and applied as the light-harvesting component of a photoanode. This molecular assembly was integrated onto a zinc oxide nanowire surface, and upon photoexcitation, chronoamperometric studies reveal that the integrated triad can inject electrons directly into the conduction band of zinc oxide, generating oxidizing equivalents that are then transferred to a copper(II) water oxidation catalyst in aqueous solution, yielding O 2 from water with a Faradaic efficiency of 76%.