Chapter 1 - MOF-based nanostructures and nanomaterials for next-generation energy storage: an introduction

Abstract

Worldwide needs for sustainable and green energy conversion, storage and supply incessantly impelling to develop the next-generation technologies. Among all electrochemical energy storage systems, rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors are the utmost auspicious systems for energy storage due to their compactness and easy transportability for on-demand uses. As emergent new materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-based nanostructures and nanomaterials have paid vast consideration in the domain of energy conversion and storage technologies, owing to their tunable structure, uniform metal sites, large specific surface area, well-ordered pores, as well as convenient fabrication routes. Over the last decades, extensive studies of MOF-based nanoarchitectures as high-performance electrode materials for energy storage and conversion hybrid technologies have been reported. This chapter provides a concise introduction and summary of the recent progress of MOF-based nanostructures and nanomaterials for next-generation energy storage systems.