title: Metal-organic frameworks for photocatalysis.
abstract: Photocatalysis is a promising technology to convert solar energy into chemical energy. Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as novel photocatalysts owing to their inherent structural characteristics of a large surface area and a well-ordered porous structure. Most importantly, via modulation of the organic linker/metal clusters or incorporation with metal/complex catalysts, not only the reactant adsorption and light absorption but also the charge separation and reactant activation will be largely promoted, leading to superior photocatalytic performance. In this article, we will first introduce the photophysical/chemical properties of MOFs; then various strategies of modification of MOFs towards better photocatalytic activity will be presented; finally, we will address the challenge and further perspective in MOF-based photocatalysis.
authors.affiliation: TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China. xuhua@tju.edu.cn Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China. xuhua@tju.edu.cn Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China. xuhua@tju.edu.cn Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shuxin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China. xuhua@tju.edu.cn Jinhua.YE@nims.go.jp and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. China and Environmental Remediation Materials Unit, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye