Facile construction of S-containing Co-based metal organic framework core--shell microspheres as an efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst.

Autor: Ping Liu, Huijuan Han, Qingyun Xia, Nini Ma, Sihan Lu, Xuefang Shang, Ge Wang, Shujun Chao
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Zdroj: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; 9/7/2021, Vol. 50 Issue 33, p11440-11445, 6p
Abstrakt: A cost-effective non-noble metal bifunctional electrocatalyst towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very important for energy-related applications. Micro/nanomaterials with core--shell structures have emerged as potential non-noble metal catalyst candidates. Herein, an efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst, S-containing Co-based metal organic framework core--shell microspheres (Co-MOF-CSMSs), has been designed and constructed by using 2,2':5',2''-terthiophene-5,5''-dicarboxylic acid as a novel ligand through a facile one-step hydrothermal method. Due to the integrated favorable structural characteristics of the core--shell structure and MOFs for electrocatalysis, Co-MOF-CSMSs are revealed as a good bifunctional electrocatalyst for the ORR and OER, including an onset potential of 0.93 V vs. RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode), a half-wave potential of 0.78 V vs. RHE and an overpotential of 0.35 V at 10 mA cm-2. This work provides a low-cost and facile method to design and construct advanced micro/nanomaterials with core--shell structures to targetedly develop high-performance bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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