Metal organic framework derived nanostructures for heterogeneous catalysis

Abstract

Metal organic frameworks and their derivatives, by virtue of their flexible composition as porous crystalline materials fabricated by metal ion nodes and organic ligands, have attracted great attention. The intriguing, distinctive, tunable structures, and customizable porosity make them very promising candidates for a number of different heterogeneous catalytic applications, including photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and various organic transformation reactions. This chapter briefly summarizes the potential of MOF derivatives, their synthesis routes, and their high-scale activities. This perspective focuses on the need of MOF derivatives fabricated through the pyrolysis of MOF precursors and their employment as sacrificial templates to construct several carbon-based nanostructures, heteroatom doped over carbon architecture, and metal/metal oxide doped over carbon framework. The significant advances in synthesis routes, in combination with extraordinary properties, may provide a leading role to the current search for efficient catalytic processes.

The development of chiral metal–organic frameworks for enantioseparation of racemates

“…One of the profound features of MOFs is that their structure can be tuned according to applications. [1][2][3][4][5] Due to these properties, MOFs have recently attracted signicant attention in heterogeneous catalysis, optics, biomedical applications, gas storage and especially in gas chromatography (GC) and highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the enantioseparation of racemic compounds. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Knowledge of chirality is crucial in determining the origin of life since all chiral amino acids in enzymes are only found in their "L" form.…”

“…One of the profound features of MOFs is that their structure can be tuned according to applications. 1–5 Due to these properties, MOFs have recently attracted significant attention in heterogeneous catalysis, optics, biomedical applications, gas storage and especially in gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the enantioseparation of racemic compounds. 6–16…”

Recent progress in the design, synthesis and applications of chiral metal-organic frameworks

“…Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous coordination networks designed by employing various organic linkers and metal ions. MOFs have created a broad class of crystalline materials with exceptional surface area, diverse functionality, versatile composition and higher porosity ( Gangu et al, 2016 ; Gangu and Jonnalagadda, 2021 ; Rubab et al, 2022 ). One of other feature of MOFs is that their structure can be rationally modified for some particular applications ( Zhao et al, 2021 ).…”