Hollow nanostructured materials are suitable for electrochemical reactions because of their unique internal cavity and short transport path. Carbon-based nanomaterials, including simplex carbon materials, heteroatom-doped carbon materials, carbon-transition metal nanoparticle composites, and carbon-transition metal compound composites, are promising electrode materials because of their high conductivity and stable structure. Hollow carbon-based nanomaterials, which possess the features of the aforementioned materials, have become a research hotspot in electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis. The excellent characteristics of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) make them an ideal material for constructing hollow carbon-based nanomaterials. In this article, the process of preparing MOF-derived hollow carbon-based materials and their applications in electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis are reviewed. First, the various methods for preparing MOF-derived hollow carbon-based materials are introduced, and the characteristics of each method are analyzed. Second, the applications of MOF-derived hollow carbon-based materials in the oxygen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, lithium–sulfur batteries, and supercapacitors are analyzed and summarized. Finally, research directions for further development of MOF-derived hollow carbon-based materials are proposed.

Design of hollow carbon-based materials derived from metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage

Trimetallic metal–organic frameworks and derived materials for environmental remediation and electrochemical energy storage and conversion

A review of defect engineering in two-dimensional materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction

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Process of metal−organic framework (MOF)/covalent−organic framework (COF) hybrids-based derivatives and their applications on energy transfer and storage

Self-supported Co–Mo sulfide in electrospun carbon nanofibers as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium

Ni–Fe nanocubes embedded with Pt nanoparticles for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

Co/FeC core-nitrogen doped hollow carbon shell structure with tunable shell-thickness for oxygen evolution reaction.

Fe2O3 and Co bimetallic decorated nitrogen doped graphene nanomaterial for effective electrochemical water split hydrogen evolution reaction

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Guyang Ning

Papers

Ni–Fe nanocubes embedded with Pt nanoparticles for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

Co/FeC core-nitrogen doped hollow carbon shell structure with tunable shell-thickness for oxygen evolution reaction.

Fe2O3 and Co bimetallic decorated nitrogen doped graphene nanomaterial for effective electrochemical water split hydrogen evolution reaction

Electrochemical chiral amino acid biosensor based on dopamine-localized gold nanoparticles @ left-handed spiral chiral carbon nanotubes.

Core-shell structure Co–Ni@Fe–Cu doped MOF–GR composites for water splitting