Open Framework Materials for Energy Applications

Open framework materials with interpenetrating porosity and tunable chemical structures have attracted tremendous attention. Recently, there is increasing interest in delivering advanced open framework materials for energy utilization and environmental remediation. This special issue provides an overview on recent advances in designing and advancing open framework materials for energy applications. It focuses on various open porous materials including porous carbon materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), zeolitic-imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), gas hydrates, porous metal oxide/sulfide/phosphide. The selected articles provide a state-of-the-art overview of the progress in porous materials design, synthesis, characterization, and energy applications over the last few years.

Guest Editors: Anthony Cheetham, Susumu Kitagawa, Ruqiang Zou, Dan Zhao, Wei Zhang, and Qiang Xu