An ecosystem of carbon dioxide removal reviews – part 1: direct air CO2 capture and storage

Mijndert van der Spek, André Bardow, Chad M. Baum, Vittoria Bolongaro, Vincent Dufour-Décieux, Carla Esch, Livia Fritz, Susana Garcia, Christiane Hamann, Dianne Hondeborg, Ali Kiani, Sarah Lueck, Shrey Kalpeshkumar Patel, Shing Bo Peh, Maxwell Pisciotta, Peter Psarras, Tim Repke, Paola Alejandra Sáenz-Cavazos, Ingrid Schulte, David Shu, Qingdian Shu, Benjamin Sovacool, Jessica Strefler, Sara Vallejo Castaño, Jin-Yu Wang, Matthias Wessling, Jennifer Wilcox, John Young and Jan C. Minx

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 9713
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01732G

Leveraging Ligand Steric Demand to Control Ligand Exchange and Domain Composition in Stratified Metal–Organic Frameworks

Yiwen He, Mattheus De Souza, Tian‐Yi Luo, Siddarth K. Achar, J. Karl Johnson and Nathaniel L. Rosi

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202409150

Enhancing CO2 sequestration efficiency: A comprehensive study of nanostructured MOF-composite membrane for sustainable climate solution

Putu Doddy Sutrisna, Sibudjing Kawi, Khoiruddin Khoiruddin, Pra Cipta W.B. Mustika, Nicholaus Prasetya and I Gede Wenten

Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 2025, 14, 100366
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2025.100366

Challenges in reticular material chemistry for developing direct air CO2 capture crystalline porous solid adsorbents: current advances and future directions

Agasthiyaraj Lakshmanan, Gobinath Marappan and Junkuo Gao

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 557, 217730
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.217730

Nanomaterials for Direct Air Capture of CO2: Current State of the Art, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Cataldo Simari

Molecules, 2025, 30, 3048
DOI: 10.3390/molecules30143048

Atmospheric carbon dioxide capture by adsorption on amine-functionalized silica composites: a review

Rahul Navik, Eryu Wang, Xiao Ding, KaiXuan Qiu and Jia Li

Environ Chem Lett, 2024, 22, 1791
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-024-01737-z

Review on Advances and Prospectives of Direct Air Capture: Thermodynamic Verification, Optimized Material Selection, and Technical Economic Assessment for the Application

Chao Yi, Bin Guan, Zhongqi Zhuang, Junyan Chen, Jiangfeng Guo, Yujun Chen, Zeren Ma, Chenyu Zhu, SiKai Zhao, Hongtao Dang, Lei Chen, Kaiyou Shu, Yuan Li, Kuangyi Shi, Zelong Guo, Jingqiu Hu, Xuehan Hu and Zhen Huang

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024, 63, 11725
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00684

Preparation of heteroatom-doped hyper-crosslinked polymers via waste utilization of sulfur-containing petroleum coke: A promising adsorbent for CO2 capture

Shiyi Wang, Xiaojing Sun, Longfei Xie, Yujing Ji, Liwen Lu, Yuqing Chen, Haomin Huang and Daiqi Ye

Environmental Pollution, 2025, 365, 125397
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125397

Direct air capture of CO2 in designed metal-organic frameworks at lab and pilot scale

Xiaoyu Zhang, Hongshuo Zhao, Qian Yang, Mingshui Yao, Yi-nan Wu and Yifan Gu

Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 2023, 9, 100145
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2023.100145

Predicting CO2 adsorption in metal-organic frameworks: Integrating machine learning with virtual sample generation

Wahyu Aji Eko Prabowo, Muhamad Akrom, Supriadi Rustad, T. Sutojo, Hermawan Kresno Dipojono, Ryo Maezono and Febdian Rusydi

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 19, 100505
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsurfi.2025.100505

A Comparative Review of terrestrial and marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods

A. Lieber, C. Morrow, J. Stabile and K. Hornbostel

Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 2026, 18, 100550
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2025.100550

Parametric simulations of hierarchical core–shell MOF materials for direct air capture

Austin R. Lieber, Paul Boone, Yiwen He, Janice A. Steckel, Nathaniel L. Rosi, Christopher E. Wilmer and Katherine M. Hornbostel

Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 322, 124180
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124180

Recent advances of computational simulations on carbon capture in MOFs

Qi Shuai, Wen-Liang Li, Chen Zhao and Jiamei Yu

Materials Today Communications, 2024, 40, 110050
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.110050

Research progress of metal-organic frameworks-based materials for CO2 capture and CO2-to-alcohols conversion

Xinmeng Xu, Qiuhua Wei, Zuoshuai Xi, Danfeng Zhao, Juan Chen, Jingjing Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Hongyi Gao and Ge Wang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023, 495, 215393
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215393

Metal-organic frameworks in electrochemical food monitoring: A comprehensive review

Nivetha Venkatesan, Balaji Parasuraman and Pazhanivel Thangavelu

Next Materials, 2025, 9, 101292
DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.101292

Reviewing direct air capture startups and emerging technologies

Eryu Wang, Rahul Navik, Yihe Miao, Qi Gao, David Izikowitz, Lei Chen and Jia Li

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5, 101791
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.101791

A bird’s eye view of recent advances in direct air capture of CO2 using MOFs

Sai Krishna Reddy Velagala, Ylias Sabri, Rajarathinum Parthasarathy and I. Sreedhar

Fuel, 2026, 405, 136525
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136525

Direct air capture with solid sorbents: Adsorbent design, process engineering, and CO2 conversion

Muhammad Hassan, Changdon Shin, Taekgi Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Somnath Chowdhury, Hyuk Taek Kwon, Sung Gu Kang, Sol Ahn and Yongchul G. Chung

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 534, 175117
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.175117

Implementation of a Core–Shell Design Approach for Constructing MOFs for CO2 Capture

Yiwen He, Paul Boone, Austin R. Lieber, Zi Tong, Prasenjit Das, Katherine M. Hornbostel, Christopher E. Wilmer and Nathaniel L. Rosi

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 23337
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c03457

A comprehensive review of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) applications as sorbents and membranes for carbon capture through direct air capture (DAC) technology

Somayyeh Nikkhah, Sohrab Zendehboudi, Nima Rezaei and Noori M. Cata Saady

Fuel, 2026, 416, 137999
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.137999

Review on Multidimensional Adsorbents for CO2 Capture from Ambient Air: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Yihan Shi, Ruiyan Ni and Yi Zhao

Energy Fuels, 2023, 37, 6365
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00381

Leveraging Ligand Steric Demand to Control Ligand Exchange and Domain Composition in Stratified Metal–Organic Frameworks

Yiwen He, Mattheus De Souza, Tian‐Yi Luo, Siddarth K. Achar, J. Karl Johnson and Nathaniel L. Rosi

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202409150

Competing CO2-H2O uptake and transfer across MOF@COF hybridized layered membranes − modeling equilibrium and transport properties towards Janus-like separation membranes

Ahmed Gulzar, Solomon Gebremariam, Georgios N. Karanikolos, Lourdes F. Vega, Ludovic F. Dumée and Daniel Bahamon

Chemical Engineering Science, 2026, 321, 122830
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2025.122830

Overcoming the Entropy Penalty of Direct Air Capture for Efficient Gigatonne Removal of Carbon Dioxide

Jimmy K. Soeherman, Andrew J. Jones and Paul J. Dauenhauer

ACS Eng. Au, 2023, 3, 114
DOI: 10.1021/acsengineeringau.2c00043

High‐Performance CO2 Capture from Air by Harnessing the Power of CaO‐ and Superbase‐Ionic‐Liquid‐Engineered Sorbents

Debabrata Moitra, Narges Mokhtari‐Nori, Kevin M. Siniard, Liqi Qiu, Juntian Fan, Zhun Dong, Wenda Hu, Hongjun Liu, De‐en Jiang, Hongfei Lin, Jianzhi Hu, Meijia Li, Zhenzhen Yang and Sheng Dai

ChemSusChem, 2023, 16
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300808

Confined growth with particle attachment driven self-sieving for enhanced cascade reaction via versatile core-shell-shell nanocomposites

ZhaoGuo Wu, XueZhi Zhou, Hao Chen, AiWu Zhao and Jin Wang

Materials Today Chemistry, 2024, 39, 102154
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102154

Recent Trend and Future Aspects of Metal‐organic Framework‐derived Multi‐Shelled Nanomaterials for Energy Storage

Iftikhar Hussain, Karanpal Singh, Avinash C. Mendhe, Murugavel Kathiresan, Muhammad Kashif Aslam, Ke‐Juan Meng, Momang Tian, Shahid Ali Khan, Wail Al Zoubi and Kaili Zhang

Small, 2025, 21
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202500808

Synthesized structure of Mg-MOF-74 decorated on ZIF-8 as solid adsorbent for CO2 capture

Bhumin Than-ardna, Suphatra Hiranphinyophat, Masahiro Matsumoto, Vissanu Meeyoo and Boonyarach Kitiyanan

Resources Chemicals and Materials, 2025, 4, 100116
DOI: 10.1016/j.recm.2025.100116

One‐Pot Synthesis of MOF@MOF: Structural Incompatibility Leads to Core–Shell Structure and Adaptability Control Makes the Sequence

Hao Tan, Xiang Zhao, Liting Du, Bufeng Wang, Yongliang Huang, Yupeng Gu and Zhiyong Lu

Small, 2024, 20
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305881

Stability of Adsorbents for Direct Air Capture (DAC): Challenges and Perspectives

Salar Fakhraddinfakhriazar, Cristhian Molina-Fernández and Grégoire Léonard

Energy Fuels, 2026, 40, 4930
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c05460

Rational Pore Design in Multivariate Metal‐Organic Frameworks for C2H6/C2H4 Separation

Jihyun Park, Kwang Hyun Oh, Shinyoung Kang, Junsu Ha, Seungjin Lee, Jihan Kim, Youn‐Sang Bae and Hoi Ri Moon

Small, 2025, 21
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202500937

Solar thermal energy-assisted direct capture of CO2 from ambient air for methanol synthesis

Shuangjun Li, Runkai Chen, Junyao Wang, Shuai Deng, Hui Zhou, Mengxiang Fang, Huiyan Zhang and Xiangzhou Yuan

npj Mater. Sustain., 2024, 2
DOI: 10.1038/s44296-024-00014-y

Efficient and stable direct air capture with amine-functionalized MIL-100(Cr) metal-organic framework

Mengru Sun, Meng Zhao, Leyu Zhao, Qiang Wang, Jinzhu Ma and Hong He

Environmental Functional Materials, 2025, 4, 221
DOI: 10.1016/j.efmat.2025.02.003

Recent progress on photoactive heterogeneous photocatalysts for the degradation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Mechanisms, DFT calculations, limitations, and future prospects

Osman Ahmed Zelekew, Ziqi Wang, Yifan Gu and Yi-nan Wu

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12, 113323
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.113323

Metal-organic frameworks for low-concentration gases adsorption under ambient conditions: Characterization, modification, processing, shaping and applications

Hao Wang, Yufan Jiang, Rui Han, Qingling Liu, Caixia Liu and Zhimin Yan

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 531, 216464
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216464

“Photochemical Surgery” of 1D Metal–Organic Frameworks with a Site-Selective Solubilization/Crystallization Strategy

Kunyi Leng, Hiroshi Sato, Zhiyi Chen, Wei Yuan and Takuzo Aida

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 23416
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07995

MOF@MOF Architectures: Synthesis, Design, and Applications

Zheng Liu, Beibei Kuang, Yuxin Shi, Wanchang Feng, Zilin Yang, Fan Zhang and Huan Pang

Energy Mater Adv, 2026, 7
DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0236