Abstract: Recent years, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derived nanostructures have made great progress in improving the volumetric expansion and the electronic conductivity of silicon anodes due to their high porosity, modifiable functional groups and controlled chemical components. Through discussing the latest research findings of MOFs and its derivatives in silicon anodes of lithium-ion batteries, the structural design of silicon anodes with MOFs as matrices was emphasized, and the related factors affecting its electrochemical properties were put forward. Finally, the research bottlenecks and possible development directions of MOFs and its derivatives in electrochemical properties were proposed.