Carbon Nanomaterials From Metal-Organic Frameworks: A New Material Horizon for CO2 Reduction

Xiaoxu Xuan; Songying Chen; Shan Zhao; Joon Yong Yoon; Grzegorz Boczkaj; Xun Sun

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.573797

Carbon Nanomaterials From Metal-Organic Frameworks: A New Material Horizon for CO₂ Reduction

Front Chem. 2020 Oct 14:8:573797. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.573797. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xiaoxu Xuan^{1

2}, Songying Chen^{1

2}, Shan Zhao³, Joon Yong Yoon⁴, Grzegorz Boczkaj⁵, Xun Sun^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
² National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
³ Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland.

Abstract

The rise of CO₂ in the atmosphere, which results in severe climate change and temperature increase, is known as the major reason for the greenhouse effect. Reducing CO₂ to value-added products is an attractive solution to this severe problem, along with addressing the energy crisis, to which the catalysts being employed are of vital importance. Due to their high porosity and tunable compositions, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show great potential in energy conversion systems. By thermal or chemical treatment methods, the MOFs are easily turned into MOF-derived carbon nanomaterials. The much higher level of conductivity enables MOF-derived carbon nanomaterials to be employed in CO₂ conversion processes. The present review, discusses the state of the art of MOF-derived carbon nanomaterials in CO₂ electrochemical, photocatalytic, and thermal reduction applications. The corresponding reaction mechanisms and influence of various factors on catalyst performance are elaborated. Finally, the deficiencies and recommendations are provided for future progress.

Keywords: MOFs; carbon catalysts; carbon dioxide CO2 reduction; green chemistry; nanomaterials.

Publication types

Review