Biological Metal-Organic Framework Materials for CO2 Capture Performance

Hao Wang, Xi Liu, Kongkong Zhao, Shuzhao Pei, Zhida Li, Hongjun Wu

Prog Chem ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5) : 941-956.

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Prog Chem ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5) : 941-956. DOI: 10.7536/PC20250709
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Biological Metal-Organic Framework Materials for CO2 Capture Performance

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Efficient capture and selective separation of CO2 is one of the important means to realize the “dual carbon” goal and mitigate climate change, and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show great potential in gas separation and storage due to their structural peculiarities. The potential of MOFs in the field of gas separation and storage is enormous. Among them, biological metal-organic framework (Bio-MOFs) are constructed by green synthesis pathway using natural biomolecules (e.g., amino acids, nucleobases, peptides, etc.) as ligands, and they are both environmentally friendly and cost-effective, providing innovative solutions for CO2 capture. This paper will focus on the following: systematically summarizing the structural properties of the bio-ligands and their modulation of the framework pores and chemical properties; exploring the mechanism of direct synthesis and post-synthesis modification (e.g., amine functionalization, ion exchange) and other strategies to enhance the performance of the materials; analyzing the adsorption behaviors of the Bio-MOFs of CO2 in complex media, elucidating the synergistic roles of molecular sieving, equilibrium sieving, and gating effects; and analyzing the CO2 adsorption behaviors of the Bio-MOFs in complex media, synergistic effect; and the challenges and future development direction of Bio-MOFs are also prospected.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Overview of Bio-MOFs

2.1 Basic definition and characteristics of Bio-MOFs

2.2 Bio-MOFs constructed from bio-like molecules

2.3 Derived Bio-MOFs (biomolecule-MOF hybrid structures)

3 Application of CO2 adsorption of Bio-MOFs

3.1 Classification of CO2 adsorption behavior by bio-MOFs

3.2 CO2 adsorption by Bio-MOFs

3.3 Derived Bio-MOFs CO2 adsorption

4 Summary and prospects

Key words

biological metal-organic framework(Bio-MOFs) / CO2 capture / porous materials / functionalized modifications / adsorption

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Funding

Foundation Central Government for Reform and Development of Local Universities, the Basic Research Support Program for Outstanding Young Teachers of Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education(YQJH2024049)
“Excellent Master’s and Doctoral Dissertations in Longjiang in the New Era”(LJYXL2024-030)
Joint Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China(U24B6004)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(52200091)
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