학술논문

Recent advances in vacancy engineering of metal‐organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrocatalysis
Document Type
article
Source
SusMat, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 66-87 (2021)
Subject
active sites
defect
derivatives
electrocatalysis
metal‐organic frameworks
vacancy
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA401-492
Environmental engineering
TA170-171
Language
English
ISSN
2692-4552
Abstract
Abstract The efficient electrocatalysis plays the key role in the development of electrochemical energy conversion technologies to alleviate energy crisis. Given their multiple active sites and large specific surface areas as electrocatalysts, metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives have attracted considerable interests in recent years. Specially, exploring the roles of the enhanced active sites in MOFs and their derivatives is significant for understanding and developing new effective electrocatalysts. Recently, the vital role of vacancies has been proven to promote electrocatalytic processes (such as H2 or O2 evolution reactions, O2 reduction reactions, and N2 reduction reactions). In order to in‐depth exploring the effect of vacancies in electrocatalysts, the vacancies classification, synthetic strategy, and the recent development of various vacancies in MOFs and their derivatives for electrocatalysis are reviewed. Also, the perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of vacancies in MOFs and their derivatives for electrocatalysis are presented.