Abstract
Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a subclass of porous materials that have unique properties, such as varieties of structures from different metals and organic linkers and tunable porosity from a structure or framework design. Moreover, modification/functionalization of the material structure could optimize the material properties and demonstrate high potential for a selected application. MOF materials exhibit exceptional properties that make these materials widely applicable in energy storage and heat transformation applications. This review aims to give a broad overview of MOFs and their development as adsorbent materials with potential for heat transformation applications. We have briefly overviewed current explorations, developments, and the potential of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), especially the tuning of the porosity and the hydrophobic/hydrophilic design required for this specific application. These materials applied as adsorbents are promising in thermal-driven adsorption for heat transformation using water as a working fluid and related applications.
Highlights
Energy demand is steadily growing and has become a worldwide issue, especially due to the continuous rise in energy consumption related to the increase in the world’s population
A broad exploration has been devoted to the design, synthesis, and development of new adsorbent materials with an ability for water adsorption that exceeds that of existing commercial materials and in the meantime possess relatively gentler regeneration conditions
The adsorbent material is a key factor in the design and manufacturing of this application
Summary
Energy demand is steadily growing and has become a worldwide issue, especially due to the continuous rise in energy consumption related to the increase in the world’s population. New materials, such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) generated from metal ions/clusters bridging with organic linkers, have great prospects as adsorbents to replace the currently applied adsorbents [7] During recent years, these materials have had booming development and burgeoning potential applications, such as gas adsorption and storage [8], separation [9], catalysis [10], sensing, drug delivery [11,12], biomedicine [13], and so on [14,15,16,17]. The modification of MOFs via functionalization or post-synthetic modification could offer attractive routes to enhance their properties for heat transformation and related applications
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