An
electrode suitable for constructing an
electrochemical double layer capacitor and / or
supercapacitor is provided that includes an
electrode material a
metal organic framework (MOF), wherein the MOF includes an inorganic
building unit including
metal atoms selected from group 1 to group 12 elements, and functional groups of organic linkers including
oxygen (O) and one or more atoms selected from the group comprising
phosphorus (P),
arsenic (As),
antimony (Sb),
silicon (Si),
selenium (Se) and
bismuth (Bi). The functional groups of the organic linkers can include
phosphonate, arsonate, phosphonic acid, phosphinic acid, arsonic acids and / or
arsenic acids, monoester and / or diester forms thereof. Further, the
metal atoms may be selected from
zinc (Zn),
cadmium (Cd),
copper (Cu),
cobalt (Co),
nickel (Ni), gold (Au) and silver (Ag). The use of the MOF as a
semiconductor in
semiconductor applications, a semiconductive device, such as a photovoltaic
cell, including the MOF are also provided.