realizing tunable electrical conductivity in MOFs

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Combining ‘Tinkertoy’ Materials with Solar Cells for Increased Photovoltaic Efficiency
News Article, December 4, 2014 • Sandia researcher Vitalie Stavila inserts a substrate patterned with electrodes into a temperature-controlled liquid-phase reactor for depositing MOF thin films. Sandia’s research team plans to combine MOFs with dye-sensitized solar cells, a technique it believes will lead to advancements in photovoltaic technology. (Photo by Dino Vournas) Sandia researchers have received...

Sandia Researchers Are First to Measure Thermoelectric Behavior of a Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework
News Article, July 1, 2015 • Thermoelectric devices convert heat to electricity and have no moving parts, making them extremely attractive for cooling and energy harvesting applications. Thermoelectric metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could take these advantages a step further with improved performance, smaller size and flexible designs. MOFs have a crystalline structure that resembles molecular scaffolding, consisting...