Issue 2, 2021

Recent development and applications of electrical conductive MOFs

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as attractive materials for energy and environmental-related applications owing to their structural, chemical and functional diversity over the last two decades. It is known that the poor carrier mobility and low electrical conductivity of ordinary MOFs severely limit their utility in practical applications. In the past 10 years, several MOF materials with high carrier mobility and outstanding electrical conductivity have received a worldwide upsurge of research interest and many techniques and strategies have been used to synthesize such MOFs. In this critical review, we provide an overview of the significant advances in the development of conductive MOFs reported until now. Their theoretical and synthetic design strategies, conductive mechanisms, electrical transport measurements, and applications are systematically summarized and discussed. In addition, we will also give some discussions on challenges and perspectives in this exciting field.

Graphical abstract: Recent development and applications of electrical conductive MOFs

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 Sep 2020
Accepted
27 Nov 2020
First published
27 Nov 2020

Nanoscale, 2021,13, 485-509

Recent development and applications of electrical conductive MOFs

C. Li, L. Zhang, J. Chen, X. Li, J. Sun, J. Zhu, X. Wang and Y. Fu, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 485 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06396G

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