The ability to design and impose molecular traits for specific properties in inorganic crystalline materials is one of the many challenges in materials science. In our research, we focus our efforts in the design and synthesis of organic and inorganic molecular components that possess well-known liquid state properties, to be incorporated in crystalline materials in the form of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). This talk will describe the approaches followed in our research group to design and prepare advanced MOFs crystals that behave as liquids, for their application as photocatalysts (using sunlight to drive chemical reactions) for artificial photosynthesis—particularly reduction of carbon dioxide—and for electrochemical applications, such as electrolytes for the next generation of safe and efficient solid-state lithium-ion batteries.
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