Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Role in Catalytic Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis Enhanced Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 291
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanocatalysts; CO2 conversion; green chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The importance of research related to catalyst development can be assessed based on the irreplaceable requirement of catalysts in most synthesis processes for the production of chemicals. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have impressed the research community by offering diversity in chemical functionality and morphology. In fact, MOFs are heterogeneous nanomaterials whose catalytic activity can be tuned according to the targeted application mainly by pore engineering as well as functional and morphological alteration. These features are important in determining catalytic activity, thus making MOFs a suitable candidate for various research applications, including in the fields of thermal-, photo- and electro-catalysis. Generally, the synthesis of MOFs involves a node and linker which are assembled together during the crystallization process. The development of novel synthesis methods to enhance the catalytic activity of MOFs by modulating the morphology and/or integrating the prerequisite active sites is highly desirable.
This Special Issue entitled “Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Role in Catalytic Processes” aims to draw the attention of researchers to the significance of MOFs, and subsequently invites them to submit their high-quality work in the form of original research and review articles. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mesoporous and microporous MOFs.
- Strategies for the synthesis of MOFs.
- MOFs as support materials.
- Catalytic (thermal-, photo- and electro-catalytic) applications of MOFs.
Dr. Subodh Kumar
Dr. Xuanthang Cao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal organic frameworks
- heterogeneous catalysis
- nanomaterials, energy storage
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
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