Metal-Organic Frameworks for Advanced Battery Chemistries

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great promise for use in high-performance, next-generation batteries. MOFs benefit from several unique features, including multivariate structural components, high porosity, adjustable pore functionality, and highly periodic, crystalline structures. MOFs have been suggested as excellent platforms for the design of novel electrodes, functional separators, and solid-state electrolytes, as well as attractive materials for the regulation and improvement of physicochemical and electrochemical properties of conventional components for current batteries. In this article, the recent progress of MOFs as a fundamental materials platform for advanced battery materials are described with respect to their use as electrodes, separators, and electrolytes. Both the current challenges and future opportunities for MOFs used in the batteries are also discussed.