Nano/Micro MOF-Based Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

Dear Colleagues,

Metal–organic frameworks (MOF) composed of various metal centers and ligands are a hot research topic. MOFs present tunable composition and rich structural diversity beyond conventional solid-state materials. These features endow them to be used in a wide potential application field such as adsorptive separation/storage of hydrocarbon mixtures with MOF-based membranes or columns, and catalysis for various important chemical processes. Especially, with Nano/Micro MOF precursors, some interesting materials with special compositions and structures can be obtained, which would be difficult to be obtained by conventional methods. These Nano/Micro MOF-derived materials show excellent performance and potential applications when used in energy-related processes or devices.

This Special Issue of Chemistry is intended to present the recent advances in Nano/Micro MOF-based materials for energy conversion and storage. Authors are encouraged to submit various types of articles addressing this theme in this Special Issue. Topics include, but are not limited to Nano/Micro MOF-related materials for the following issues:

1)  Supercapacitors;

2)  Electrocatalysis;

3)  Batteries;

4)  CO₂ capture/N₂ reduction；

5)  Gas storage;

6)  Design, synthesis, and characterization.

Please note that invited manuscripts do not guarantee their final acceptance, all submitted manuscripts will undergo vigorous external evaluation.

Prof. Dr. Huan Pang
Dr. Xingtao Xu
Guest Editors

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