Metal-Organic Frameworks Driven Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production: A Mini-Review

The fabrication of economic electrocatalysts having high hydrogen evolution reaction ability and durability is one of the major challenges of hydrogen-based technologies. For the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology, it is equally crucial to have an easy way to produce hydrogen as a source of fuel. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-driven materials are considered among the most promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation among the available economic electrocatalysts, including single-atom electrocatalysts, metal oxides, phosphides, sulfides, and so on. This is because of their chemically adjustable and well-defined architecture and pore size with high intrinsic electrical conductivity. This work discusses successful manufacturing techniques for MOF-based electrocatalysts, recent advances in their usage for hydrogen generation, and prospects for MOF engineering for hydrogen generation.