Abstract
The exploration of earth-abundant electrocatalysts with high performance for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is eminently desirable and remains a significant challenge. The composite of the metal-organic framework (MOF) Ni10Co-BTC (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) and the highly conductive carbon material ketjenblack (KB) could be easily obtained from the MOF synthesis in the presence of KB in a one-step solvothermal reaction. The composite and the pristine MOF perform better than commercially available Ni/NiO nanoparticles under the same conditions for the OER. Activation of the nickel-cobalt clusters from the MOF can be seen under the applied anodic potential, which steadily boosts the OER performance. Ni10Co-BTC and Ni10Co-BTC/KB are used as sacrificial agents and undergo structural changes during electrochemical measurements, the stabilized materials show good OER performances.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1241 |
Journal | Molecules |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Feb 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Funding
Funding: The research of C.J. was supported by a joint National Natural Science Foundation of China–Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (NSFC-DFG) project (DFG JA466/39-1).
Funders | Funder number |
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NSFC-DFG | DFG JA466/39-1 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Keywords
- Electrocatalysis
- Ketjenblack
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOF)
- Nickel
- Oxygen evolution reaction (OER)