Recent advances in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) derived metal oxides and their composites with carbon for energy storage applications

Supercapacitors are currently receiving a lot of interest due to their possible use as future candidates for energy storage. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), an attractive class of porous materials and precursors of inorganic materials for energy storage technologies, have captured the interest of researchers worldwide due to their excellent surface area, remarkable porous structure, large specific capacitance, and controllable morphology. Systematic information on high-performance supercapacitor materials made from MOF-derived binary and ternary metal oxides as well as their composites synthesized by different chemical methods is provided in this review. The review begins with an overview of MOFs and MOF derived materials for energy storage applications, followed by the construction of MOF-derived metal oxides and their composites. Then, a summary of the applications of MOFs-derived metal oxides and their composites as the SCs electrode materials is presented. And finally, conclusions and future perspectives are summarized. The present review will enlighten the path for the design and development of MOF based electrodes for energy storage applications. Various MOF-derived metal oxides and their composites, and synthesis methods are summarized in this figure. Moreover, the diverse properties and application of the MOFs derived metal oxides are summarized. [Display omitted] •A review on recent advances in MOFs derived metal oxides and carbon composites are highlighted.•Various synthetic routes for MOFs derived nanomaterials with improved performance are provided.•The progress and advancement of MOFs derived metal oxides and carbon composites for supercapacitor material is discussed.•Challenges and future perspectives in supercapacitor field are summarized.