Reticular frameworks and their derived materials for CO2 conversion by thermo-catalysis

Reticular frameworks including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and their derived materials have drawn global attention in the capture and conversion of CO2 as a cheap feedstock into fine chemicals and fuels due to their facile synthesis and programmable highly porous structures. This review comprehensively summarizes the progress in thermo-catalysis of CO2 conversion by reticular framework-based catalysts to afford chemicals such as cyclic carbonates, cyclic carbamates, formamides, carboxylic acid, carbon monoxide, formate, methanol, methane, and light olefins. Firstly, the characteristics and advantages of MOF-based materials for CO2 conversion are introduced. Secondly, the characteristics and advantages of COF-based materials for CO2 conversion are presented. Subsequently, the CO2 conversion reactions are briefly classified and discussed. Particularly, MOF or COF-based catalysts for each reaction are summarized in terms of catalyst design, catalytic performance and catalytic mechanism. Finally, the perspectives for further development of reticular framework-based catalysts for efficient CO2 conversion are discussed. We hope this review can provide an inspiration for the rational design of porous crystalline materials for thermal catalytic CO2 conversion.

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This review comprehensively summarizes the progress in thermo-catalysis of CO2 conversion by reticular framework-based catalysts, covering the synthesis of various chemicals, characteristics and advantages, reaction classification, and catalyst design, performance, and mechanism. The perspectives for further development of reticular framework-based catalysts for efficient CO2 conversion are also discussed.