CO2 photocatalytic reduction with robust and stable metal–organic framework: a review

Abstract

Climate change and global warming problem are becoming the serious issue and some action is necessary in order to mitigate the rising temperature. CO2 increase is one of the reason for temperature rise, and the technology to convert CO2 to beneficial energy or chemical substance could be one of the key solution (CO2 photocatalytic reduction). Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained much attention owing to their extremely large surface areas, tunable fine structures, and potential applications in many areas. Recently, MOFs have been demonstrated to be promising materials for CO2 photocatalytic reduction. This review summarized recent research progresses in photocatalytic reduction using MOFs. MOFs were classified mainly by the type of metal center, and the feature and tendency against their functions towards CO2 photocatalytic activity will be explained.