Metal organic frameworks: Building blocks for a greener future

In tandem with the expansion of human civilization, there is a massive upward-trending graph depicting the production and consumption patterns of all non-renewable resources. This was once thought to be the largest threat to the planet's overall natural balance. To address this issue, the United Nations approved the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. The seventeen-objective SDGs from the most recent set emphasize rebuilding and mending the globe while utilizing resources as sustainably as possible. The aforementioned issues are fixed for some reasons. One of the many uses for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) components is this. The use of organic supports or ligands to brace individual transition metal ions or clusters facilitates the synthesis of MOFs. However, some elements are not transitory. These materials, which are made by combining inorganic and organic structural components, have a high porosity and crystalline nature. To meet the requirements for developing sustainable goods and services, these components go through a ten-year process of re-engineering that integrates various developments in chemical engineering, chemical sciences, environmental engineering, and nanochemical sciences. Thus, the goal of this article is to give a thorough introduction to MOFs in a range of areas, such as energy conversion, storage, batteries, supercapacitors, green applications, biological aspects, and medical applications, along with an analysis of their benefits and drawbacks. These applications provide mitigation measures to protect and maintain environmental resources as much as possible. They are prepared with a consistent process, with sustainability as the primary focus.