• 文献标题:   Thermally reduced mesoporous manganese MOF @reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WAHAB A, IQBAL N, NOOR T, ASHRAF S, RAZA MA, AHMAD A, KHAN UA
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/d0ra04193a
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Oxygen electrocatalysis plays a crucial role in harnessing energy from modern renewable energy technologies like fuel cells and metal-air batteries. But high cost and stability issues of noble metal catalysts call for research on tailoring novel metal-organic framework (MOF) based architectures which can bifunctionally catalyze O(2)reduction and evolution reactions (ORR & OER). In this work, we report a novel manganese MOF @rGO nanocomposite synthesized using a facile self-templated solvothermal method. The nanocomposite is superior to commercial Pt/C catalyst both in material resource and effectiveness in application. A more positive cathodic peak (E-pc= 0.78 Vvs.RHE), onset (E-onset= 1.09 Vvs.RHE) and half wave potentials (E-1/2= 0.98 Vvs.RHE) for the ORR and notable potential to achieve the threshold current density (E@10 mA cm(-2)= 1.84 Vvs.RHE) for OER are features promising to reduce overpotentials during ORR and OER. Small Tafel slopes, methanol tolerance and acceptable short term stability augment the electrocatalytic properties of the as-prepared nanocomposite. Remarkable electrocatalytic features are attributed to the synergistic effect from the mesoporous 3D framework and transition metal-organic composition. Template directed growth, tunable porosities, novel architecture and excellent electrocatalytic performance of the manganese MOF @rGO nanocomposite make it an excellent candidate for energy applications.