Current Trends in MOF (Metal–Organic Framework) and Metal X-ides Development, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 2062
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Interests: thermal catalysis; electrocatalysis; HER; OER; metal carbide; hydrogenation reaction; single atom catalyst
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have received extensive interest as an emerging class of highly promising crystalline microporous materials promoted by the application of a set of well-established principles of coordination chemistry. With highly dispersed metal sites, intrinsic high porosity, and a high internal surface area, MOFs have been extenisely applied in catalysis, storage and separation, and drug delivery. Moreover, MOFs can be used as the template for the synthesis of metal oxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides, phosphides, and selenides (marked as X-ides), which can be employed in the fields of energy conversion and storage, biomedicine, and electromagnetic absorption.
This Special Issue, entitled “Current Trends in MOF (Metal–Organic Framework) and Metal X-ides Development, 2nd Edition”, welcomes the submission of original scientific research articles, comprehensive reviews, and communications in this field, with a focus on all aspects of the design, characterization, evaluation, and development of MOFs and metal X-ides.
This special issue is supervised by Dr. Siwei Li and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Ying Guo (Northwestern Polytechnical University).
Dr. Siwei Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- MOF
- metal carbide
- metal sulfide
- metal phosphide
- catalysis
- biomedicine
- electromagnetic absorption
- energy conversion and storage
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