Issue 17, 2021

Recent progress in pristine MOF-based catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction

Abstract

Among various kinds of materials that have been investigated as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has emerged as a promising material for electrocatalyzing these vital processes owing to their structural merits that integrate advantages of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts; however there is still big room for their improvement in terms of inferior activity and poor conductivity, as well as the ambiguity of real active sites. In this review, advanced strategies with the aim of solving the activity and conductivity problems are summarized as microstructure engineering and conductivity improvement, respectively. The structural evolution of some MOFs and their real active species has also been discussed. Finally, perspectives on the development of MOF materials for HER, OER and ORR electrocatalysis are provided.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress in pristine MOF-based catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
28 Jan 2021
Accepted
12 Mar 2021
First published
18 Mar 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 5732-5753

Recent progress in pristine MOF-based catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction

L. Fan, Z. Kang, M. Li and D. Sun, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 5732 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00302J

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