title: Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Compounds: Photocatalysts for Redox Reactions and Solar Fuel Production.
abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials formed from bi- or multipodal organic linkers and transition-metal nodes. Some MOFs have high structural stability, combined with large flexibility in design and post-synthetic modification. MOFs can be photoresponsive through light absorption by the organic linker or the metal oxide nodes. Photoexcitation of the light absorbing units in MOFs often generates a ligand-to-metal charge-separation state that can result in photocatalytic activity. In this Review we discuss the advantages and uniqueness that MOFs offer in photocatalysis. We present the best practices to determine photocatalytic activity in MOFs and for the deposition of co-catalysts. In particular we give examples showing the photocatalytic activity of MOFs in H2 evolution, CO2 reduction, photooxygenation, and photoreduction.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-21, Tamil Nadu, India. admguru@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amarajothi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhakshinamoorthy
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Asiri
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. hgarcia@qim.upv.es.|Instituto de Tecnología Química, CSIV-UPV, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain. hgarcia@qim.upv.es.
authors.forename: Hermenegildo
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9664-493X
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: García
keywords: CO2 reduction; H2 generation; metal-organic frameworks; photocatalysis; solar fuels