Teaching Metal-Organic Frameworks to Conduct: Ion and Electron Transport in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an expansive class of extended solids formed by coordination bonding between metal ions/clusters and organic ligands. Although MOFs best known for their intrinsic porosity, they now also emerging as unusual set porous, electrical, ionic conductors that could address a number applications in energy storage generation. In this review, we focus on conductivity outline approaches achieving high conductivities. First, highlight the use noncoordinating acidic groups to integrate anions into MOF linkers. Next, discuss open sites anchor generate mobile ions. Then, postsynthetic modifications graft onto ligands defect sites. Finally, several unexplored improving potential new applications.