Bimetallic metal organic frameworks heterogeneous catalysts: Design, construction, and applications

Heterogeneous catalysis has great application potential in numerous industries and significant role in global economic development. The high speed of catalyzed reactions and guaranteeing high selectivity to the target products are the two important aspects in heterogeneous catalysis. In heterogeneous catalysis, widespread attention has been engrossed by bimetallic nanoparticles/metal organic framework (MOF) materials. These materials are used in diverse incipient application areas such as electrochemical energy storage batteries, supercapacitors and have prospective applications in gas separation, sensing, catalysis, and energy storage and conversion. The bimetallic MOF catalysts exhibited enhanced catalytic activity compared with that of mono metal catalyst. The simplicity of synthesis of bimetallic MOFs is considered a great advantage, and the bimetallic MOFs are recognized as new class of active materials for energy conversion and storage. In this article, an attempt has been made to thoroughly summarize the development of bimetallic MOFs as well as their useful fabrication approaches and applications in numerous heterogeneous catalytic reactions.