Application of Metal-Organic Framework Materials in the Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide

As the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide (CO2) has caused a series of environmental and energy-related problems worldwide. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a variety of methods to capture CO2 and convert it into useful chemical products, thus effectively improving the environment and promoting sustainable development. In the past decades, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown prominent heterogeneous catalytic activity due to their multiple active sites, large BET surface area, structural diversity and easy functionalization. These characteristics endow MOFs catalysts with unique advantages in the field of CO2 chemical fixation. The application of MOFs catalysts in organic synthesis involving CO2, such as chemical reactions of CO2 with epoxides, terminal alkynes, propargyl alcohol and propargyl amine are reviewed herein, and the structure-function relationship between the active sites within MOFs and catalytic performances are illustrated.