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Pristine Hollow Metal–Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis and Application
Author(s) -
Qiu Tianjie,
Gao Song,
Liang Zibin,
Wang DeGao,
Tabassum Hassina,
Zhong Ruiqin,
Zou Ruqiang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202012699
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , metal organic framework , materials science , blueprint , rational design , nanocomposite , adsorption , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), featuring porous crystalline structures with coordinated metal nodes and organic linkers, have recently found increasing interest in diverse applications. By virtue of their versatile and highly tunable compositions and structures, constructing hollow architectures will further endow MOFs with enhanced properties and designability, exceeding the molecular scale. MOFs could be considered as promising building units to fabricate complex hollow nanocomposites with faster mass transport, multiple active components, more exposed active sites, and better compatibility than bulk MOFs. To construct a promising blueprint for hollow pristine MOFs, this review provides a comprehensive overview for structural design strategies and applications of hollow pristine MOFs. We will highlight the merits, challenges and future potential by structuring and applying MOFs in sensing, separation, storage, catalysis, environmental remediation, photochemical and electrochemical energy conversion. This review might pave a new avenue for future development of novel pristine hollow MOFs.