When MOFs meet wood: From opportunities toward applications

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn widespread attention owing to their structural diversity and multifunctionality. However, further practical applications of MOFs are limited by their powdered crystalline state. Compounding with self-supporting porous materials with good processibility can effectively fix the powdered MOFs. Wood is highly compatible with MOFs because of its natural multidimensional channel structure and excellent mechanical stability. MOF particles can be uniformly loaded onto the wood channel via physical adsorption, hydrogen bonding, or reacting with hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in the fibers. Ultimately, [email protected] composites with new functions are synthesized, showing great potential in the direction of interdisciplinary research. This review summarizes the fabrication strategies and functional applications of representative [email protected] composites and discusses their development prospects and potential advantages. In conclusion, it is expected to provide systematic research ideas for the future development of [email protected] composites.