In
the past few decades, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
have gradually become attractive materials in various fields due to
their unique properties (adjustable pore size, large specific surface
area, highly ordered structure, uniformly distributed metal nodes,
good modifiability). MOF-derived porous carbon materials have also
attracted great interest in many application fields due to their adjustable
chemical and physical properties. The hydrogenation reaction is an
important type of reaction in the chemical industry. The catalysts
play an important role in the hydrogenation reaction. In recent years,
MOFs and derived porous carbon materials have had extensive application
in catalytic hydrogenation reactions. Compared with other traditional
catalysts, MOFs and derived porous carbon materials have some unique
advantages as hydrogenation catalysts, which are described in this
review. In addition, we have expounded the rational design of MOF
hydrogenation catalysts from the following four aspects: choosing
suitable MOFs with coordinated unsaturated metal sites, good stability,
and precise control and optimizing the structure of MOF materials
and hydrogen storage characteristics of MOF materials. The application
of nitrogen-doped carbon materials and MOF-derived porous carbon materials
in hydrogenation reactions has also been compared. Moreover, various
MOFs and derived porous carbon materials with excellent performance
are discussed in detail in various catalytic hydrogenation reactions
including olefins, alkynes, alcohols and phenols, aldehydes, carboxylic
acids, esters, nitro compounds, and other hydrogenation reactions.
Finally, the challenges of MOFs and derived porous carbon materials
as hydrogenation catalysts are objectively summarized, and the application
and development trends in catalytic hydrogenation reactions are prospected.