State of the art developments and prospects of metal-organic frameworks for energy applications

The progress of cleaner and ecological transformation and storage of energy technologies to combat effluence or pollution and the impending energy dilemma has recently fascinated the interest of the energy research groups particularly in the field of coordination chemistry among inorganic chemists. Carriers for storing energy or facilitating mass and e‒ transit are considered more significant for energy conversion. In view of the fact such as large surface area, low costs, customizable pore diameter, manageable topologies, low densities, and variable framework, developing MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) and their derivatives are well-matched for this purpose. MOF is an innovative category of porous and crystalline materials that has gained significant interest in the current years. In the given outlook, we have highlighted the state of the art progresses of MOFs for energy-based applications, as immaculate compounds as well as element in compound assemblies for converting solar energy, lithium-ion arrays, fuel devices, hydrogen production, photocatalytic CO2 reduction, proton conduction, etc. In addition, the substantial progress made in the production of various composites and derivatives containing MOFs with a particular focus on supercapacitors and gas adsorption and storage has been sketched out concentrating on the correlation between coordination structural frameworks and applications in the field of energy. Current improved strategies, challenges, and future prospects are also comprehended in view of the coordination chemistry governing the structural modifications for energy applications of MOFs.