Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2020"

TL;DR: An overview of contributions in the progress of the applications of MOF-derived materials in the field of fine chemicals and selected key intermediates, are presented and discussed in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the types and structures of organic pollutants, and the classes of nanomaterials and their application for the remediation of organic contaminants in water are systematically summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review on the general introduction of coordination polymers is presented, in particular laying stress on the advancement of luminescent polymers incorporating rare-earth, transition and alkaline earth metals for sensing technology applications.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of recent progress achieved in MOF-based photocatalysts for CO2 reduction on the basis of the reduced products, including photocatallytic conversion of CO2 into CO and the other organic chemicals (formic acid, methanol and methane).

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed discussion about the structure-property relationship, and different strategies used for the rational design and controllable synthesis of versatile MOF-based materials based on the specific requirements of the final electrochemical sensing applications are outlined.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of state of the art in carbon nanomaterials, including significant past and recent advances, as well as future strategies for the use of carbon-based nanoadsorbents in water treatment can be found in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of metal-organic framework-based materials for hybrid supercapacitor application is presented, based on previous contributions, challenges and perspectives of metalorganic frameworkbased materials.

TL;DR: Recently, metal-organic frameworks have attracted remarkable research interests as novel supporting matrices for efficient enzyme immobilization and protection as discussed by the authors, which is an efficient strategy for enhancing their catalytic performance in continuous industrial practices.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for supercapacitor electrode applications is presented, in which the recyclable MOF-hydrolyzing strategy is introduced, during which the organic ligands can be recollected to drastically reduce the costs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation and function of the structural defects in metal-organic framework (MOF) play important roles in the performance of MOF-based membrane, and various design and synthesis strategies of bare MOF membranes and MOF composite membranes are summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the recent progress made on catalytic conversion of CO2 to cyclic carbonate (hereafter, CC) by specially designed metal organic frameworks (MOFs).

TL;DR: In this article, the design tactics of MOFs-based RF sensing and describes the detection mechanism of different RF sensors are described and summarized and prospected, based on different strategies of synthesis, the MRF-based sensors are categorized into three classes: intrinsic dual-emission, single-emissive MOFs with a chromophore and non-EMissive MRF with two chromophores.

TL;DR: The composites of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) combined with quantum dots (QDs) allow high photocatalytic ability and have been applied increasingly in the fields of energy production and environmental remediation as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the proton conduction explorations of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on carboxylate ligands and highlight the development prospects and challenges for such conductive materials in the future.

TL;DR: A review of the state-of-the-art of magnetic nanomaterials and biosorbents for the removal of contaminants from wastewater streams can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the design strategies for greener, more energy-efficient, and less-toxic metal-organic framework (MOF) synthesis through application of 12 green chemistry principles are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the gas-sensing mechanism of the metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) based gas sensor and the factors affecting the gas sensitivity are summarized, in which the light excitation provides a promising potential to enhance the sensitivity of MOS-based gas sensors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the recent progress in designing and constructing high-performance non-noble metal catalysts for efficient OER, HER, and OWS through surface and interface engineering.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the applications of various metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) derived electrocatalysts (including MOF-derived single-atom catalysts, and MOFs-derived metal-free catalysts) in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, and discuss how to increase mass density of effective active sites and protect the active sites from damage and corrosion.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis and properties of polyoxometalates (POMs) are summarized and the current challenges in the design, synthesis and property investigation of POM-based architectures are also discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the progress in the design and synthesis of various metal sulfide/MOF-based nanocomposites for applications in photocatalytic H2 production is provided.

TL;DR: Porphyrin-based functional materials provide more fascinating superiorities in photodynamic therapy and dramatically expand the potentials and possibilities in cancer treatments as discussed by the authors, however, the poor water-solubility, low biostability and non-specific tumor-targeting properties of porphyrins limit the photodynamic treatment efficiency and their clinical applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the theoretical and experimental studies carried out with EBIs in functional systems is presented, where the reader is guided through the most recent and representative examples in which chemists have rationally designed molecular modules that trigger the initiation of chemical reactions, molecular recognition events in solutions and at the solid state to produce self-assembled and self-organised functional materials at different length scales.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the most recent advances on PBAs and their derivatives as electrocatalysts for water splitting, and also concluded the core scientific challenges faced in water splitting.

TL;DR: In this paper, the chemical substitution strategy has proven to be a general and effective method based on known structural prototypes, which can maintain or recombine the crystal structures by a simple element replacement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis strategies and applications of pristine metal-organic frameworks and their composites in lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries and supercapacitors are introduced.

TL;DR: This review is an attempt to give a comprehensive overview about the recent advancement in NIR absorbing dyes such as BODIPYs, Keio Fluors, Aza-BODIPy, Chorin, Phthalocyanines, Cyanine dyes, and Nano particles based NIR photosensitizers and their potential in PDT.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis, structure, surface chemistry and properties of MXenes have been discussed and a review mainly focuses on the state of the art recent advancements in gas sensing, biosensing and piezoresistive sensing applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) derived nanostructured metal oxides with diverse structural and compositional features that exhibit exceptional lithium storage capacity is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the synthetic strategies of uniform and monodisperse nanoMOFs, and then highlighted the intrinsic size-dependent properties towards the most important applications, which they hope will contribute to further push the development of nanoMOF science.