Engineering Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 : A Minireview

Riming Wang; Freek Kapteijn; Jorge Gascon

doi:10.1002/asia.201900710

Engineering Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ : A Minireview

Chem Asian J. 2019 Oct 15;14(20):3452-3461. doi: 10.1002/asia.201900710. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Authors

Riming Wang¹, Freek Kapteijn¹, Jorge Gascon^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Catalysis Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ, Delft, Netherlands.
² Advanced Catalytic Materials, KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 31241861
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900710

Abstract

The electrochemical reduction of CO₂ holds great promise for lowering the concentration of CO₂ in the Earth's atmosphere. However, several challenges have hindered the commercialization of this technology, including energy efficiency, the solubility of CO₂ in the aqueous phase, and electrode stability. In this Minireview, we highlight and summarize the main advantages and limitations that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) may offer in this field of research, either when used directly as electrocatalysts or when used as catalyst precursors.

Keywords: carbon dioxide; electrochemistry; metal-organic frameworks; reduction; synthetic methods.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

China Scholarship Council