Carbon support tuned electrocatalytic activity of a single-site metal–organic framework toward the oxygen reduction reaction

Abstract

, carbon nanotubes and graphene, as supports through MOF-support interactions in the manner of geometric and electronic effects. The introduction of MOF-support interactions not only greatly improves the electrocatalytic performance of MOFs toward the ORR in terms of onset and half-wave potentials and current density, but also alters the reaction pathway of the ORR. This finding provides a new horizon for the design and synthesis of single-site MOFs for electrocatalysis.

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