Vanadium metal-organic frameworks: structures and applications

This perspective review paper describes the V-containing metal-organic frameworks that have been developed since the first systematic reports on MOFs almost 15 years ago. These hybrid crystalline materials, containing V( iii ) or V( iv ) as metal nodes, show interesting behavior in oxidation catalysis and gas sorption. A significant amount of papers has appeared on the use of these structures in gas (hydrocarbon, CO 2 ) separation. Promising future research and development of V-MOFs is suggested. V-containing metal-organic frameworks are relatively rare, but have interesting and designable properties in sorption and catalysis - a critical review.