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Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Yolk-Shell-Structured Cobalt-Based Bimetallic Oxide Polyhedron with High Activity for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

  • Zhou Yu
  • , Yu Bai*
  • , Yuxuan Liu
  • , Shimin Zhang
  • , Dandan Chen
  • , Naiqing Zhang
  • , Kening Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The development of inexpensive, efficient, and environmentally friendly catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of great significant for green energy utilization. Herein, binary metal oxides (MxCo3-xO4, M = Zn, Ni, and Cu) with yolk-shell polyhedron (YSP) structure were fabricated by facile pyrolysis of bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (MCo-ZIFs). Benefiting from the synergistic effects of metal ions and the unique yolk-shell structure, MxCo3-xO4 YSP displays good OER catalytic activity in alkaline media. Impressively, ZnxCo3-xO4 YSP shows a comparable overpotential of 337 mV at 10 mA cm-2 to commercial RuO2 and exhibits superior long-term durability. The high activity and good stability reveals its promising application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31777-31785
Number of pages9
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume9
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2017

Keywords

  • alkaline media
  • bimetallic
  • binary metal oxide
  • oxygen evolution reaction
  • yolk-shell
  • zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

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