Heterometallic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): The advent of improving the energy landscape

In this Perspective, we highlight how recent studies of heterometallic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could lead to advances to the energy landscape. The ability to merge the inherent properties of MOFs, including their modularity, porosity, versatility, high surface area, and structural tunability, with the ability to engineer metal nodes could benefit both the classical realm of MOF applications as well as the recent shift toward electronic structure studies. This Perspective is intended to provide a glimpse into the advances, challenges, and future pathways for the uses of heterometallic MOFs in sectors ranging from the oxygen evolution reaction to nuclear waste administration in order to ultimately provide valuable potential materials to the ever-expanding technological landscape.