Abstract: Metal-organic framework(MOF) materials have great application prospects in the fields of adsorption and separation, gas storage and electrocatalysis due to their large specific surface area, high porosity, adjustable structure and monodispersed active centers. Among them, the application in the field of catalysis is particularly outstanding. At present, the MOF prepared by the traditional method contains metal with catalytic activity. However, binding to the organic ligand usually, metal sites that cannot be well exposed to the active metal, cause the loss of catalytic performance in practical reaction processes. Therefore, most of the studies on the catalytic performance of MOF mainly have focused on combining MOF and nano-metal particles. This paper summarized zero-dimensional, one-dimensional and two-dimensional MOF structures prepared by different synthetic methods, and discussed the application progress and challenges of MOFs based on transition metal in electrocatalytic water splitting.