In situ formation of amorphous Fe-based bimetallic hydroxides from metal-organic frameworks as efficient oxygen evolution catalysts

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63741-X

Abstract

Abstract:

Oxygen evolution from water driven by electrocatalysis or photocatalysis poses a significant challenge as it requires the use of efficient electro-/photo-catalysts to drive the four-electron oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we report the development of an effective strategy for the in situ chemical transformation of Fe-based bimetallic MIL-88 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into corresponding bimetallic hydroxides, which are composed of amorphous ultrasmall nanoparticles and afford an abundance of catalytically active sites. Optimized MOF-derived NiFe-OH-0.75 catalyst coated on glassy carbon electrodes achieved a current density of 10 mA cm ^‒2 in the electrocatalytic OER with a small overpotential of 270 mV, which could be decreased to 235 mV when loading the catalysts on a nickel foam substrate. Moreover, these MOF-derived Fe-based bimetallic hydroxides can be used as efficient cocatalysts when combined with suitable photosensitizers for photocatalytic water oxidation.

Key words: Bimetallic hydroxides, Electrocatalysis, Metal-organic frameworks, Oxygen evolution reaction, Photocatalysis

You Xu, Kaili Ren, Rong Xu. In situ formation of amorphous Fe-based bimetallic hydroxides from metal-organic frameworks as efficient oxygen evolution catalysts[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42(8): 1370-1378.

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Scheme 1. Schematic illustration of the preparation of the MOF-derived Fe-based bimetallic hydroxides.

Fig. 1. SEM (a) and TEM (b) images of the NiFe-MIL-0.75. SEM (c,d), TEM (e), HRTEM (f), and HAADF-STEM (g) and elemental mapping images of the as-converted NiFe-OH-0.75.

Fig. 2. XRD patterns (a) and Raman spectra (b) of NiFe-MIL-0.75 and the as-converted NiFe-OH-0.75; High-resolution Fe 2p (c) and high-resolution Ni 2p (d) XPS spectra of NiFe-OH-0.75.

Fig. 3. SEM image (a) of the CoFe-MIL-0.75. The inset of (a) is the TEM image of CoFe-MIL-0.75. SEM (b), TEM (c), HRTEM (d), and HAADF- STEM (e) images and element mapping images of the CoFe-OH-0.75. The inset of (d) is the SAED pattern of the CoFe-OH-0.75.

Fig. 4. OER polarization curves (a,c) and Tafel plots (b,d) for the various catalysts loaded on different electrode substrates. (a,b) GC electrode; (c,d) nickel foam electrode.

Fig. 5. CV curves at various scan rates and capacitive current densities of the NiFe-OH-0.75 decorated GC electrode (a,c) and NiFe-OH-0.75(H) decorated GC electrode (b,d).

Fig. 6. Time-dependent potential curve (a) and time-dependent current density curve (b) (without iR compensation) of the NiFe-OH-0.75/Ni foam electrode.

Fig. 7. Time-dependent photocatalytic O2 evolution over various cocatalysts by coupling with a [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 photosensitizer.

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