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Freestanding Cactus-Like Dual-Phase Bimetallic Metal–Organic Framework as a High-Efficiency Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation
Realizing
a high-efficiency electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction
(OER) is a great challenge in water splitting and metal–air
battery fields due to the slow reaction kinetics. Herein, a synchronous
dual-phase synthetic strategy is developed to successfully construct
a cactus-like dual-phase bimetallic metal–organic framework
(MOF) on a nickel foam (NF) substrate (noted as NiFe-MOF@NF). It is
constituted by Ni-main NiFe-MOF and Fe-main NiFe-MOF. When functioning
as an anode, the freestanding cactus-like dual-phase NiFe-MOF@NF catalyst
merely requires a lower overpotential of 277 mV to supply 100 mA cm–2 with robust stability (90% retainment of initial
current density after 24 h chronoamperometry measurement). Density
functional theory calculations on the NiFe-MOF@NF catalyst reveal
that the combination of Ni and Fe has efficiently modulated the electron
configuration of metal centers and optimized the absorption/desorption
of OER oxygen-containing intermediates. Thus, we demonstrate a novel
synchronous dual-phase synthetic strategy to engineer freestanding
dual-phase electrocatalysts, which feature multiple synergetic effects
considerably boosting OER performance for optimizing the energy conversion
and storage system
Amorphous Metal–Organic Framework-Derived Electrocatalyst to Boost Water Oxidation
Amorphous metal–organic framework
(MOF) materials have drawn
extensive interest in the design of high-performance electrocatalysts
for use in the electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction. However,
there are limitations to the utilization of amorphous MOFs due to
their low electrical conductivity and unsatisfactory stability. Herein,
a novel amorphous–crystalline (AC) heterostructure is successfully
constructed by synthesizing a crystalline metal sulfide (MS)-embedded
amorphous Ni0.67Fe0.33-MOF, namely an MS/Ni0.67Fe0.33-MOF. It exhibits excellent catalytic
performance (a low overpotential of 248 mV at 10 mA cm–2 with a small Tafel slope of 50 mV decade–1), durability,
and stability (only 8% degradation of the current density at a constant
voltage after 24 h). This work thus sheds light on the engineering
of highly efficient catalysts with AC heterointerfaces for optimizing
water-splitting systems