Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives as Catalysts
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Organometallic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 45
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inorganic polymers; metal organic frameworks; heterogeneous catalysis; olefin oxidation; CO2 valorization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal–organic frameworks are a versatile compound member of the inorganic polymers family. MOFs exploded at the beginning of the 2000s and erupted into the transcendental fields of chemistry and material science.
Its structural properties, stability, dimensionality, and, most importantly, high surface area mean that MOFs are vital for a number of catalytic processes.
Globally, sustainable chemistry is more important than ever, and multiple catalytic applications have been developed in the following areas: valorization of CO2, generation of fuels from biomass, reducing water in fuels cells, and a large number of hydrogenation or oxidation reactions where involucrate MOFs are used as catalysts.
Heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis have increasingly been used in the last decade for MOFs. Moreover, MOF-derived materials obtained by controlled pyrolysis present interesting potential as novel catalytic materials.
This Special Issue invites to you to submit your novel research on metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives as catalysts regarding any field related to catalytic processes.
Dr. Patricio Cancino
Dr. Pedro A. Aguirre
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal–organic frameworks
- heterogeneous catalysis
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
- green chemistry
- material science
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