Electrically Conductive Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks

Owing to their outstanding structural, chemical, and functional diversity, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted considerable attention over the last two decades in a variety of energy-related applications. Notably missing among these, until recently, were applications that required good charge transport coexisting with porosity and high surface area. Although most MOFs are electrical insulators, several materials in this class have recently demonstrated excellent electrical conductivity and high charge mobility. Herein we review the synthetic and electronic design strategies that have been employed thus far for producing frameworks with permanent porosity and long-range charge transport properties.…

• AP
  Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• CA
  Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• RC
  Research Corporation for Science Advancement
• OO
  Office of Science
• BE
  Basic Energy Sciences