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In-situ transformed trimetallic metal-organic frameworks as an efficient pre-catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

Kang Zhang1,2,§, Yuting Zhu1,2,§, Kaihang Yue2, Ke Zhan1, Ping Wang2(), Yuan Kong3, Ya Yan2(), Xianying Wang2()
School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), Shanghai 200050, China
Department of Chemical Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience & Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry, Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Kang Zhang and Yuting Zhu contributed equally to this work.

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A novel trimetallic FeCoNi metal organic framework (MOF) is successfully synthesized, which undergoes the chemical and electrochemical transformation to the catalytic active FeCoNiOx(OH)y during the oxygen evolution process.

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Developing high-efficiency and low-cost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is crucial to advance the water splitting technology for sustainable hydrogen production. Here, a FeCoNi coordinated benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (FeCoNiBTC) metal-organic framework (MOF) was synthesized by one-step solvothermal method for OER. A rapid in-situ chemical and electrochemical transformation was observed on the surface of the FeCoNiBTC MOF during OER process. The formed catalytic active FeCoNiOx(OH)y species retained the unique structure feature of initial FeCoNiBTC, moreover, it possessed multiple transition metal active nodes that cooperate with each other to adjust the electronic structure. Owing to the above structure advantages, the in-situ transformed FeCoNiOx(OH)y showed excellent OER catalytic activity with a small overpotential of 230 mV to achieve the 100 mA·cm−2, a low Tafel slope of 50.2 mV·dec−1, and superior stability of almost 80 h in alkaline aqueous solution. This work systematically studies the structure–performance relations of the multi-metal MOF-based materials in OER process, and it would enrich the exploration of highly efficient OER electrocatalysts.

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metal-organic frameworkspre-catalystselectrocatalysisin-situ transformationoxygen evolution reaction

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 3,
March 2023
Pages 3672-3679
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4701-z
Cite this article:
Zhang K, Zhu Y, Yue K, et al. In-situ transformed trimetallic metal-organic frameworks as an efficient pre-catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Nano Research, 2023, 16(3): 3672-3679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4701-z
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