Metal–Organic Frameworks for Light Harvesting and Photocatalysis

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), a new class of crystalline molecular solids built from linking organic ligands with metal or metal-cluster connecting points, have recently emerged as a versatile platform for developing single-site solid catalysts. MOFs have been used to drive a range of reactions, including Lewis acid/base catalyzed reactions, redox reactions, asymmetric reactions, and photocatalysis. MOF catalysts are easily separated from the reaction mixtures for reuse, and yet their molecular nature introduces unprecedented chemical diversity and tunability to drive a large scope of catalytic reactions. This Perspective aims to summarize recent progress on light harvesting and photocatalysis with MOFs.…