Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) toward Electrochemical Applications

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".

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Dear Colleagues,

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted great attention in a range of applications including gas storage, separation, chemical sensing and catalysis during the past two decades due to their structural tunability, regular porosity, and ultrahigh specific surface area. The interconnected pore structure and periodic intra-framework chemical functionality of MOFs render such materials attractive candidates for electrochemical applications. As the chemical stability of MOFs has been progressively improved in recent years, the charge transport in MOFs under electrochemical conditions and the feasibility of utilizing MOFs for various electrochemical applications have been widely studied, and the design of electrically conductive MOFs is of rapidly growing interest to scientists pursuing electrochemical applications of highly porous materials. These exciting developments have motivated this Special Issue.

The Special Issue on “Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) toward Electrochemical Applications” welcomes manuscripts revealing novel designs of MOFs or MOF-based composite materials for any electrochemical application. Both Articles and Reviews are welcome. Topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following areas:

  1. MOFs for electrocatalysis
  2. MOFs for electrochemical sensors
  3. MOFs toward energy storage devices
  4. MOF-based composite materials for electrochemical applications
  5. The design of MOFs that enables facile charge transport toward electrochemical applications
  6. The design of MOF-derived electrochemically active materials

Prof. Dr. Chung-Wei Kung
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Metal–Organic Frameworks Toward Electrocatalytic Applications
by Jun-Hong Li, Yi-Sen Wang, Yu-Chuan Chen and Chung-Wei Kung
Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(12), 2427; https://doi.org/10.3390/app9122427 - 14 Jun 2019
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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous materials constructed from metal-rich inorganic nodes and organic linkers. Because of their regular porosity in microporous or mesoporous scale and periodic intra-framework functionality, three-dimensional array of high-density and well-separated active sites can be built in [...] Read more.
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous materials constructed from metal-rich inorganic nodes and organic linkers. Because of their regular porosity in microporous or mesoporous scale and periodic intra-framework functionality, three-dimensional array of high-density and well-separated active sites can be built in various MOFs; such characteristics render MOFs attractive porous supports for a range of catalytic applications. Furthermore, the electrochemically addressable thin films of such MOF materials are reasonably considered as attractive candidates for electrocatalysis and relevant applications. Although it still constitutes an emerging subfield, the use of MOFs and relevant materials for electrocatalytic applications has attracted much attention in recent years. In this review, we aim to focus on the limitations and commonly seen issues for utilizing MOFs in electrocatalysis and the strategies to overcome these challenges. The research efforts on utilizing MOFs in a range of electrocatalytic applications are also highlighted. Full article
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