Unprecedented High Oxygen Evolution Activity of Electrocatalysts Derived from Surface-Mounted Metal-Organic Frameworks

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process for renewable energy storage. However, developing non-noble metal OER electrocatalysts with high activity, long durability and scalability remains a major challenge. Herein, high OER activity and stability in alkaline solution were discovered for...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 141; no. 14; p. 5926
Main Authors: Li, Weijin, Watzele, Sebastian, El-Sayed, Hany A, Liang, Yunchang, Kieslich, Gregor, Bandarenka, Aliaksandr S, Rodewald, Katia, Rieger, Bernhard, Fischer, Roland A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 10.04.2019
ISSN:1520-5126, 1520-5126
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Summary:The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process for renewable energy storage. However, developing non-noble metal OER electrocatalysts with high activity, long durability and scalability remains a major challenge. Herein, high OER activity and stability in alkaline solution were discovered for mixed nickel/cobalt hydroxide electrocatalysts, which were derived in one-step procedure from oriented surface-mounted metal-organic framework (SURMOF) thin films that had been directly grown layer-by-layer on macro- and microelectrode substrates. The obtained mass activity of ∼2.5 mA·μg at the defined overpotential of 300 mV is 1 order of magnitude higher than that of the benchmarked IrO electrocatalyst and at least 3.5 times higher than the mass activity of any state-of-the-art NiFe-, FeCoW-, or NiCo-based electrocatalysts reported in the literature. The excellent morphology of the SURMOF-derived ultrathin electrocatalyst coating led to a high exposure of the most active Ni- and Co-based sites.
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ISSN:1520-5126
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b00549