The Global Market for Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) 2024-2034

1              INTRODUCTION 9

• 1.1          Structure and properties              10
• 1.2          Comparison to other porous materials    14
  • 1.2.1      Zeolites 15
  • 1.2.2      Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)     16
  • 1.2.3      Porous Organic Polymers (POPs)               17
• 1.3          Synthesis methods          18
  • 1.3.1      Solvothermal synthesis 20
  • 1.3.2      Electrochemical synthesis            20
  • 1.3.3      Microwave synthesis      21
  • 1.3.4      Diffusion synthesis          22
  • 1.3.5      Mechanochemical synthesis       22
  • 1.3.6      Sonochemical synthesis 23
  • 1.3.7      Room Temperature synthesis     23
  • 1.3.8      Spray Pyrolysis  24
  • 1.3.9      Ionothermal synthesis   24
  • 1.3.10    Layer-by-layer growth technique              24
  • 1.3.11    High-throughput robotic methods            25
• 1.4          Markets and applications              26
• 1.5          Industry developments 2021-2023            27

2              MARKETS FOR METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS 28

• 2.1          Factors driving demand for MOFs             28
• 2.2          Market map       29
• 2.3          Value chain         30
• 2.4          SWOT analysis   31
• 2.5          Capture, Separation and Storage               32
  • 2.5.1      Gas separation  32
  • 2.5.2      Hydrogen capture and storage   32
  • 2.5.3      Carbon capture and storage        34
    • 2.5.3.1   DAC solid sorbents          37
• 2.6          Catalysis               44
  • 2.6.1      Properties           44
  • 2.6.2      Applications       44
• 2.7          Coatings               45
  • 2.7.1      Properties           45
  • 2.7.2      Applications       45
• 2.8          Biomedicine       46
  • 2.8.1      Properties           46
  • 2.8.2      Applications       47
    • 2.8.2.1   Drug delivery     48
    • 2.8.2.2   Antibacterials    49
    • 2.8.2.3   Biosensors and bioimaging           49
• 2.9          Sensors 51
  • 2.9.1      Properties           51
  • 2.9.2      Applications       51
• 2.10        Air and water filtration   53
  • 2.10.1    Properties           53
  • 2.10.2    Applications       53
• 2.11        Water harvesting             55
  • 2.11.1    Properties           55
  • 2.11.2    Applications       56
• 2.12        Batteries and supercapacitors    57
  • 2.12.1    Properties           57
  • 2.12.2    Applications       57
• 2.13        Heat exchangers              59
  • 2.13.1    Properties           59
  • 2.13.2    Applications       60
• 2.14        Optics and imaging          61
  • 2.14.1    Properties           61
  • 2.14.2    Applications       61
• 2.15        HVAC    62
  • 2.15.1    Properties           62
  • 2.15.2    Applications       63
• 2.16        Global market revenues, 2018-2034         65
  • 2.16.1    Curent market size          65
  • 2.16.2    By end-use market          67
  • 2.16.3    By region             71
    • 2.16.3.1                North America   73
    • 2.16.3.2                Europe 73
    • 2.16.3.3                Asia Pacific          73
    • 2.16.3.4                Latin America    73
    • 2.16.3.5                Middle East & Africa       73

3              MOF PATENTS   74

• 3.1          Global MOF patent applications 74
• 3.2          Patenting by sector         75
• 3.3          Patenting by regional authority  76

4              COMPANY PROFILES       77 (30 company profiles)

5              EX-PRODUCERS 102

6              DISTRIBUTORS  104

7              REFERENCES       106

List of Tables

• Table 1. Example MOFs and their applications.    9
• Table 2. Summary of MOFs.         10
• Table 3.  Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs).           10
• Table 4. Comparative analysis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and other porous materials. 14
• Table 5. Comparison of different synthesis methods for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs).         19
• Table 6. Markets and applications of Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). 26
• Table 7. MOF industry developments 2021-2023.               27
• Table 8. Factors affecting demand for MOFs.       28
• Table 9. Applications of MOFs in gas storage and separation.        32
• Table 10. Comparison of carbon-capture materials.          34
• Table 11. Assessment of carbon capture materials             35
• Table 12. DAC technology developers and production.    39
• Table 13. Catalytic applications of MOFs.               44
• Table 14. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in coatings. 45
• Table 15. Biomedical applications of MOFs.          47
• Table 16. MOF sensor applications.          51
• Table 17. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in air and water filtration.    53
• Table 18. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in water harvesting.               56
• Table 19. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in batteries and supecapacitors.       57
• Table 20. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in batteries and supecapacitors.       60
• Table 21. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in optics and imaging.           61
• Table 22. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in HVAC.     63
• Table 23. Global market revenues for MOFs, 2018-2034, Millions USD.     65
• Table 24. Global market revenues for MOFs by market, 2018-2034, Millions USD, medium revenues estimate.      67
• Table 25. Global market revenues for MOFs by market, 2018-2034, Millions USD, high revenues estimate.              69

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Examples of typical metal−organic frameworks.               9
• Figure 2. Schematic drawing of a metal–organic framework (MOF) structure.       12
• Figure 3. Representative MOFs. 13
• Figure 4. Schematic of zeolite.    16
• Figure 5. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) schematic representation.               16
• Figure 6. MOF synthesis methods.            18
• Figure 7. MOF synthesis methods historically.      19
• Figure 8. Solvothermal synthesis of MOFs.            20
• Figure 9. Electrochemical Synthesis method.       21
• Figure 10. Mechanochemical synthesis of MOFs. 23
• Figure 11. Market map: Metal-Organic Frameworks.        29
• Figure 12. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) value chain,             30
• Figure 13.  SWOT analysis: MOFs market.              31
• Figure 14. Hydrogen storage.      33
• Figure 15. NuMat’s ION-X cylinders.        34
• Figure 16. Schematic of Climeworks DAC system.               37
• Figure 17. Climeworks’ first commercial direct air capture (DAC) plant, based in Hinwil, Switzerland.          37
• Figure 18.  Flow diagram for solid sorbent DAC.  38
• Figure 19. Antibacterial mechanisms of metal–organic frameworks.          49
• Figure 20. Capture mechanism for MOFs toward air pollutants.   53
• Figure 21. Schematic of a MOF-based device for water harvesting.            56
• Figure 22. MOF-coated heat exchanger. 59
• Figure 23. MOFS applied in HVAC.            63
• Figure 24. Global market revenues for MOFs, 2018-2034, Millions USD.   66
• Figure 25. Global market revenues for MOFs by market, 2018-2034, Millions USD, medium revenues estimate.    68
• Figure 26. Global market revenues for MOFs by market, 2018-2034, Millions USD, high revenues estimate.            70
• Figure 27. Global market revenues for MOFs by region 2018-2034, Millions USD, conservsative revenues estimate.                71
• Figure 28. Global market revenues for MOFs by region 2018-2034, Millions USD, high revenues estimate.               72
• Figure 29. Global MOF patent applications 2001-2022.     74
• Figure 30. Patent applications by sector. 75
• Figure 31. Patent applications by authority.          76
• Figure 32. Schematic of carbon capture solar project.      78
• Figure 33. Mosaic Materials MOFs.           85
• Figure 34. CALF-20 has been integrated into a rotating CO2 capture machine (left), which operates inside a CO2 plant module (right).  96
• Figure 35. MOF-based cartridge (purple) added to an existing air conditioner.       98
• Figure 36. Molecular sieving membrane.               99