Chemical Society Reviews· 2014Q1· Review
Metal–organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis and photocatalysis
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Short summary
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer a tunable platform for organizing light-harvesting and catalytic components to convert solar energy into chemical energy, with applications in fuel production and fine chemical synthesis.
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Key points
- MOFs provide a tunable platform for organizing light-harvesting and catalytic centers for solar energy conversion.
- Applications include photocatalytic proton and CO2 reduction, and water oxidation.
- MOFs are also used in organic photocatalysis and the degradation of organic pollutants.
- These photo-driven catalytic processes are key to solar-to-chemical energy conversion and fine chemical synthesis.
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Abstract
Solar energy is an alternative, sustainable energy source for mankind. Finding a convenient way to convert sunlight energy into chemical energy is a key step towards realizing large-scale solar energy utilization. Owing to their structural regularity and synthetic tunability, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide an interesting platform to hierarchically organize light-harvesting antennae and catalytic centers to achieve solar energy conversion. Such photo-driven catalytic processes not only play a critical role in the solar to chemical energy conversion scheme, but also provide a novel methodology for the synthesis of fine chemicals. In this review, we summarize the fundamental principles of energy transfer and photocatalysis and provide an overview of the latest progress in energy transfer, light-harvesting, photocatalytic proton and CO2 reduction, and water oxidation using MOFs. The applications of MOFs in organic photocatalysis and degradation of model organic pollutants are also discussed.
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Field: Inorganic Chemistry
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