Why can poorly conductive Bi@UiO-MOF catalyze CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction?
Xinru He, Ying Guo, Jingzheng Zhang, Shuangli Yang, Jiawei Chen, Shurong Li, Shunji Xie, Ye Wang, Cheng Wang
Abstract
reduction to formate and found that a moderate conductivity of the nanosized MOFs is sufficient to support a reasonably high catalytic current density. This finding allows simpler catalyst design and quantitative rationalization of MOF electrocatalysis.
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