Since their discovery a few decades ago, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have suffered from poor hydrolytic stability. Since then, significant effort has been devoted to design robust MOFs, including their utilization for water-related applications to overcome relevant societal challenges. This short review provides guidelines on the key parameters that drive the assembly of hydrothermally stable MOFs together with the most relevant physicochemical features needed in their water-related applications. It also highlights some of the recent advances in MOF-water applications (based on water sorption or mediation and separation in the presence of water) as well as the most critical challenges to overcome.

自从几十年前被发现以来，金属有机骨架（MOF）的水解稳定性一直很差。从那时起，人们就致力于设计强大的MOF，包括将其用于与水有关的应用中，以克服相关的社会挑战。这篇简短的评论提供了指导关键参数的准则，这些关键参数推动了热稳定MOF的组装，以及与水相关的应用所需的最相关的理化特性。它还强调了MOF-水应用的最新进展（基于在水存在下的水吸附或介导和分离），以及需要克服的最关键的挑战。