Detection and Capture of Volatile Fluorinated Compounds Using Porous Materials

Volatile fluorinated compounds (VFCs) are indispensable to modern industry, yet their potent greenhouse effects pose critical environmental challenges. Functional porous materials, ranging from zeolites and semiconductor oxides to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and other advanced porous materials, have emerged as versatile platforms for VFC sensing and capture, leveraging their structural tunability, ultrahigh surface areas, and designable pore chemistry. This review provides a systematic summary of recent advances in porous materials for VFC management. For sensing, we examine transduction mechanisms (chemiresistive, optical, and gravimetric approaches) with emphasis on structure-signal relationships. For capture, we evaluate adsorptive performance across VFC subclasses, highlighting design principles that govern selectivity and capacity. Based on recent achievements, we assess persistent gaps between laboratory-scale achievements and practical deployment. Possible pathways toward integrated sense-and-capture systems are also explored. By bridging fundamental materials science, this review highlights cross-cutting design strategies that may accelerate the development of next-generation VFC management platforms.