 highlights the electrochemical techniques utilizing metal-organic frameworks, MOFs, based catalysts for converting CO2 into chemical species, are discussed. The structure-activity relationship of MOF-based catalysts in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions is thoroughly reviewed. The challenges and opportunities of large-scale applications of MOF-based materials in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions are discussed, and possible directions for the future development of MOFs and their derivatives are outlined. This article was authored by Ching Woli, Yuan Ji, Yuping Wang, and others.