Over the last two decades, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted a great deal of
scientific interest due to their extremely high porosity and surface areas. Traditionally, the vast
number of combinations of metal node and ligand-based properties made MOFs exciting
candidates for a wide variety of applications including gas storage, chemical separation and
catalysis, in which bulk crystalline powders or solution dispersions of MOFs have been used.
However, to date only a few attempts have been made to explore the incorporation of MOFs into
thin films to be used in electrocatalytic reactions.
In this talk, I will present some of our latest findings in the synthesis of MOF-based thin films
and demonstrate that an electrode-supported MOF scaffold could serve as a versatile platform
when utilized in an electrochemical system. A focus will be given on the study of the physical
mechanisms that govern charge transport properties in redox-active MOFs, as well as on new
strategies developed to control MOFs conductivity. Additionally, the different advantages of
using MOFs in electrocatalysis will be elucidated and demonstrated by our recent proof-ofprinciple
work on MOF-based systems for electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER),
CO2 reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER).
