Volume 36, Issue 8 pp. 754-764
Recent Advances

Synthetic Strategies for Constructing Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Layers (MOLs): A Tutorial Review

Lingyun Cao

Lingyun Cao

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005 China

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Tingting Wang

Tingting Wang

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005 China

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Cheng Wang

Corresponding Author

Cheng Wang

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005 China

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First published: 23 May 2018
Citations: 74

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic layers (MOLs) are the 2D version of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with nanometer thickness in one dimension. MOLs are also known as 2D-MOFs, 2D coordination polymers, ultrathin MOF nanosheets (UMOFNs) or coordination nanosheets in literature. This new category of 2D materials has attracted a lot of interests because of the opportunity in combining molecular chemistry, surface/interface chemistry and material chemistry of low dimensional materials in these systems. Several synthetic strategies have been developed for the construction of 2D MOLs, but the general synthesis of MOLs still presents a challenge. This tutorial level review summarizes the recent progress in the fabrication of novel 2D MOLs and aims to highlight challenges in this field.

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