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A panchromatic modification of the light absorption spectra of metal-organic frameworks

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The optical absorption of UiO-66-NH2 MOF was red-shifted using a diazo-coupling reaction and the degradation performance was found to correlate with the red shift of the absorption edge, suggesting potential applications of these materials in photocatalysis and in dye sensitized solar cells.
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This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2016-05-10 and is currently open access. It has received 42 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis & Absorption edge.

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Recent Progress in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Applications in Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Water Splitting.

TL;DR: This review focuses on recent progress in the application of MOFs in electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen generation, including both oxygen and hydrogen evolution.
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Modified metal-organic frameworks as photocatalysts

TL;DR: In this article, the progress of various modification strategies, including decoration of organic linker or metal center, combination with semiconductors and metal nanoparticles loading, applied to different MOFs (mainly UiOs, MILs, and ZIFs), and their specific applications were summarized as well.
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Recent advances in MOF-based photocatalysis: environmental remediation under visible light

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for environmental remediation under visible light, including wastewater treatment, air purification and disinfection, is presented, where a series of strategies have been designed to modify and regulate pristine MOFs for enhanced photocatalytic performance, such as ligand functionalization, mixed-metal/linker strategy, metal ion/ligand immobilization, dye sensitization, carbon material decoration, semiconductor coupling, MOF/COF coupling, carrier loading and magnetic recycling.
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Catalytic Zirconium/Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks

TL;DR: In this article, the advantages of incorporating active species into Zirconium/Hafnium-based MOFs in catalytic applications are discussed. But the authors focus on the use of active species in catalysts.
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Cerium Metal–Organic Framework for Photocatalysis

TL;DR: It is found that linker functionalization with electron donating or withdrawing groups allows tuning of the LMCT energy, and increasing the number of functional groups on each linker enhances the tuning; these findings are encouraging for applying Ce-MOFs for visible-response photocatalytic water splitting.
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A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency.
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A new zirconium inorganic building brick forming metal organic frameworks with exceptional stability.

TL;DR: The Zr-MOFs presented in this work have the toughness needed for industrial applications; decomposition temperature above 500 degrees C and resistance to most chemicals, and they remain crystalline even after exposure to 10 tons/cm2 of external pressure.
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Metal-Free Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: From Structure: Property Relationships to Design Rules

TL;DR: Recent advances in molecular design and technological aspects of metal-free organic dyes for applications in dye-sensitized solar cells are focused on.
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Deconstructing the crystal structures of metal-organic frameworks and related materials into their underlying nets.

TL;DR: Deconstructing the Crystal Structures of Metal Organic Frameworks and Related Materials into Their underlying Nets into Their Underlying Nets shows clear trends in how these materials are modified over time to form crystals.
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Impact of preparation and handling on the hydrogen storage properties of Zn4O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)3 (MOF-5).

TL;DR: The air-free compound exhibits the highest gravimetric and volumetric H2 uptake capacities yet demonstrated for a cryogenic hydrogen storage material and no loss of capacity was apparent during 24 complete adsorption−desorpti...
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