Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications

Abstract

This review highlights the promising prospects of defective zirconium-based MOFs in addressing challenging energy- and environment-related problems, positioning them as versatile tools toward a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks: the relation between linker connectivity, structure stability, and catalytic activity towards organophosphates

“…26 There are several aspects of stability involving thermal, mechanical, or chemical stability, or their combinations. The chemical stability or more specifically, stability in a water environment, is crucial for many applications including adsorption and catalytic degradation of pollutants, sensing, antibacterial and antiviral use, 22,27–31 drug delivery, 32 or special applications such as using MOFs as pesticide carriers. 33 All those applications require aqueous media; therefore, MOFs’ hydrolytic stability is of crucial importance.…”

“…UiO-66 is based on terephthalate (benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate, BDC 2− ) linkers and the 12-connected Zr 6 O 8 SBU, 56 forming an fcu-topology (in the ideal defect-free crystal). 27,57,58 Next, MOF-808 is based on trimesate (benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate, BTC 3− ) linkers and 6-connected SBUs. 62 MIP-200, which is a relatively young member of the Zr-MOF family and rated as exceptionally stable, is composed of tetratopic 5,5′-methylenediisophthalate (MDIP 4− ) linkers and 8-connected SBUs.…”