Titanium MOFs for Photoredox catalysis and CO2 Conversion
A patented family of heterometallic titanium metal-organic frameworks designed as ultraporous, chemically stable, photocatalytic materials.The technology addresses key limitations of many MOFs, including low stability in aqueous and demanding acid-base environments.
Potential uses include photoredox synthesis of organic compunds and CO2 photoreduction.
IP Status
Patented
Technology readiness
TRL 3-4
Category
Photochemistry
Availability
For licensing / co-development
Overview
This technology is based on a patented family of heterometallic titanium(IV) metal-organic frameworks that combine high porosity, chemical stability and photoactivity in a single crystalline platform. The materials are built from Ti-based inorganic clusters, divalent metal ions and carboxylate organic linkers, enabling direct integration of different metals within the framework.
This heterometallic design allows the optical, electronic and catalytic properties of the MOFs to be tuned through composition, while maintaining stability in water and demanding acid-base environments. The technology has been validated at laboratory scale through synthesis, structural characterisation, porosity, stability and catalytic proof-of-concept studies, and is suitable for further development in photoredox catalysis and photocatalytic CO2 conversion.
Key advantages
- Titanium-based heterometallic MOF architecture combining ultrahigh surface area and photoredox activity.
- Designed for improved stability in water and demanding acid-base conditions.
- Intrinsic metal doping strategy enabling homogeneous metal distribution.
- Tunable light absorption and electronic properties through metal ratio adjustment.
- Laboratory evidence of synthesis, porosity, chemical stability and catalytic activity.
- Protected material family with potential for application-specific development.
Applications
- Photoredox catalysis under visible and UV light.
- Photocatalytic CO2 reduction and solar fuel generation.
- Porous catalytic materials for environmental processes.
- Reactions under inert atmosphere
- Photoactive or porous coatings for contaminant control.
- Advanced materials for research and industrial catalysis platforms.
Collaboration opportunities
- Licensing of protected MOF materials or application-specific embodiments.
- Co-development with industrial partners for defined organic photoredox synthetic schemes or photocatalysis.
- Industrial validation of selected materials under relevant operating conditions.
- Joint development of CO2 conversion or environmental catalysis applications.
- Research collaboration to mature the technology from laboratory validation toward application-specific prototypes
Intellectual Property Status
Patented technology / patent application family.Patent reference: WO2019224413A1 — Titanium heterometallic metal-organic solids, method for obtaining them and their uses.
Keywords / sectors
Titanium MOFs
Metal-organic frameworks
Photoredox catalysis
Photocatalysis
Solar fuels
Porous materials
Environmental catalysis
advanced functional materials
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