Recent progress on organic metal compound/MOF hybrids: From controllable synthesis to potential catalytic applications

The desire for functional materials with unique and excellent performance has led to many researchers to prepare new composites. Organic–metal compounds (OMCs), including polyoxometalates, coordination complexes, and organometals, belong to a class of organic and inorganic hybrid materials, which have been widely used in a large variety of industries. On the other hand, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as crystalline organic–inorganic materials have attracted lots of attentions in various applications. MOFs also can be considered as a polymeric type of OMCs. The rich porous structure and high specific surface area of MOFs provide a good platform to incorporate OMCs as guest species into matrix MOFs. The OMC/MOF hybrids keep their original characteristics and overcome the drawbacks of individual components through synergy and effective combination. In this review, we systematically and comprehensively summarize the development status of relevant fields in recent years, including hybrid methods, synthetic techniques, advanced catalytic applications, conclusion and perspectives. This review can provide a systematic summary for readers and enable them to quickly understand the development status of OMC@MOF hybrids. And it can provide a platform to further consider how to promote the development of this field in the future.