Metal-Organic Frameworks as Promising Electrocatalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: Mapping the Research Landscape and Identifying Future Trends

Abstract

Since the pioneering discovery of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) a quarter century ago, they have evolved as a new category of porous crystalline extended network structures with atomic/molecular level designability. Ever since this groundbreaking discovery, the distinctive porosity and structural customizability attributes of MOFs have been instrumental to a wide spectrum of applications. Especially among these applications, MOFs rose to prominence as electrocatalysts in the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) that has inimitable potential to solve environmental crises. The reticular structures characterizing MOFs with uniformly distributed active sites and their easy accessibility impart them with enhanced catalytic activity. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of MOF-based electrocatalysts hitherto adopted for NRR, besides giving an insight into the future scopes and challenges.

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
11 Jul. 2024
Accepted
04 Sep. 2024
First published
06 Sep. 2024

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript

Metal-Organic Frameworks as Promising Electrocatalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: Mapping the Research Landscape and Identifying Future Trends

R. Nakatani, S. Das and Y. Negishi, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04817B

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