Biofuel synthesis is of great significance for producing alternative fuels. Among
the developed catalytic materials, the metal-organic framework-based hybrids used as
acidic, basic, or supported catalysts play major roles in the biodiesel production. This paper
presents a timely and comprehensive review of recent developments on the design and
preparation of metal-organic frameworks-based catalysts used for biodiesel synthesis from
various oil feedstocks, including MILs-based catalysts, ZIFs-based catalysts, UiO-based
catalysts, Cu-BTC-based catalysts, and MOFs-derived porous catalysts. Due to their
unique and flexible structures, excellent thermal and hydrothermal stability, and tunable
host-guest interactions, as compared with other heterogeneous catalysts, metal-organic
framework-based catalysts have good opportunities for application in the production of
biodiesel at industrial scale.
