FOCUS: MOFs and MOF-derived materials for electrocatalysis

MOFs and MOF-derived materials have been widely explored as efficient catalysts for key electrochemical reactions, owing to their unique structural and compositional advantages. Here we highlight some exciting research on this topic that recently appeared in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Materials Chemistry Frontiers


Review Articles

MOF-derived doped porous carbon-based catalysts for CO₂ electroreduction: design, mechanisms, and scale-up
Hu, Huawen; Liu, Jin; Li, Wenbo; Wen, Hengtao; Yang, Xiting; Ke, Baoyi; Wang, Xiaowen; Xu, Xuejun; Wang, Guangjin

Manufacturing strategies for metal organic framework-based membrane electrode assemblies in electrolyzers
Faras, Minaj M.; Patil, Satyajeet S.; Lee, Suhyeon; Lee, Choong Hoo; Ji, Yunseong; Kim, Dae Woo

Organic framework membranes for electrochemical energy storage: structure-property insights
Kumar, K. Hemanth; Asheen Britto, O.; Thamizharasan, M.; Arthanareeswaran, G.; Viswanathan, Mangalaraja Ramalinga

MOF electrocatalysts in CO₂ conversion: critical analysis of research trends, challenges and prospects
Ogunbanjo, Oriyomi; Rodriguez, Paramaconi; Anderson, Paul

Zinc-based materials for electrocatalytic reduction reactions: progress and prospects
Singh, Baghendra; Draksharapu, Apparao

Metal-organic framework derived micro-/nano-materials: precise synthesis and clean energy applications
Zhang, Guangxun; Li, Xinyi; Liu, Yuxin; Du, Guangyu; Pang, Huan

Metal-organic framework (MOF) based materials: promising candidates for electrocatalytic seawater splitting
Singh, Baghendra; Verma, Smriti

Emerging transmission electron microscopy solutions for electrocatalysts: from synthesis to deactivation
Wei, Le; Xu, Zhanyong; Wu, Xiaomei; Ke, Xiaoxing; Sui, Manling


Research Articles

Salt-protected carbonization of a metal-organic framework for enhanced nitrogen doping and high porosity leading to efficient performance in oxygen reduction reactions
Yoo, Ahram; Lee, Sujeong; Oh, Sojin; Kim, Songhee; Oh, Moonhyun

Facile synthesis of MOF-derived Ru-doped cobalt oxide/carbon nanomaterials for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
Li, Nan; Lin, Rong; Shen, Yuchang; Wang, Haoran; Fu, Yuting; Li, Qipeng; Qian, Jinjie

An in situ reconstructed CuOₓ-BTA heterointerface enables stable and selective nitrate electroreduction to ammonia
Wang, Meng; Mao, Yuyin; Xue, Xiangdong; Dong, Yucheng; Cao, Xinjiao; Dong, Qing; Tan, Weiqiang; Liu, Jian

Cycle contraction and symmetrisation in redox-active ligands: from alloxazine to isoimidazolonequinoxaline derivatives and their electrochemical and coordination studies
Casas, Jaison; Muhammad, Shaban Raja; Pianca, David; Le Breton, Nolwenn; Choua, Sylvie; Kyritsakas, Nathalie; Gourlaouen, Christophe; Jouaiti, Abdelaziz; Ferlay, Sylvie

Dandelion-like V-CoP nanoarchitectures derived from MOFs: boosting the HER via enhanced water dissociation at industrial current densities
Zheng, Wenxuan; Gao, Lin; Fan, Mingsong; Dou, Zhiyu; Cui, Lili; Jin, E.

Pyrolyzed cyanide-bridged Ni-Fe MOFs for oxygen evolution: inactivation pathways and enhancement mechanisms
Li, Yingzi; Hao, Xuan; Du, Zhifei; Xie, Jiayi; Liu, Yashu; Zhou, Hongbo; Fu, Xiaoqi; Ji, Zhenyuan; Zhu, Guoxing

A tandem nanoreactor constructed by coating Cu₂O on the surface of single-atom catalyst Ni-NC₃ for electroreduction of CO₂ to C₂ products
Liang, Cheng-Peng; Huang, Jia-Run; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming

Oxygen-coordinated MOF membrane facilitated construction of supported Co₂P/CoP@C heterostructures for water electrolysis
Zhang, Chongxi; Li, Fengting; Wu, Dong; Guo, Qingmeng; Liu, Zhanning; Wang, Zhikun; Kang, Zixi; Fan, Lili; Sun, Daofeng

Magnetic-field enhanced interfacial electron redistribution to promote magnetoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Liu, Chong; Yu, Lianqing; Chen, Nannan; Tian, Gege; Zhu, Haifeng

A rational synthetic approach to a highly active Fe-N-C catalyst for efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction
Parida, Sanjit Kumar; Jena, Hrudananda

Multi-structured and ligand-modified NiFe LDH with self-optimization for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
Liu, Zi-Ye; Ge, Jiu-Jiu; Hu, Ji-Ming

Electroreduction of N₂ and CO₂ to urea via Pd-assisted hydrogenation on MOF-derived CeO₂ nanosheets
Chen, Xiaoyue; Liang, Jia; Ren, Guangmin; Zhao, Zhan; Meng, Xiangchao

Fe and N co-doped carbon nanotube decorated with FeₓC derived by multiligand coordination self-assembly bimetallic complex for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction
Li, Qiulin; Deng, Zhiqin; Ma, Yan-Dong; Tan, Yangyang; He, Ruilin; Chen, Qianwen; Bao, Shu-Juan; Liu, Heng

Self-template fabrication of a Cu/Fe bimetallic dual-atom catalyst for enhanced ORR activity
Tang, Weicheng; Guo, Xiaoyu; Chen, Yuting; Xiao, Zhenyu; Du, Yunmei; Xing, Jun; Wu, Zexing; Liu, Kang; Wang, Lei

Oxygen-vacancy-rich MOF-derived amorphous Fe-Co-Se-O electrocatalyst for boosting the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction
Zheng, He; Zhang, Ziqi; Liu, Yuxin; Zhang, Shuzhe; Zhou, Yong; Zhang, Zhe; Zhang, Ruige; Shi, Zhan; Li, Chunguang; Feng, Shouhua

Reconfiguration and activation induced by characteristic migration of transition metal ions between interfaces of high-entropy oxygen evolution catalysts
Zuo, Wei; Xu, Zhenhang; Qian, Jun; Cheng, Gongzhen; Zhao, Pingping

In situ electrodeposition of Pt into a trimetallic MOF composite electrode and its application in water splitting
Liu, Tianpeng; Wang, Xin; Li, Jie; Hu, Mengyun; Yu, Jun; Yu, Shudi; Wu, Zhengying; Du, Yukou

Decorating a highly conjugated and electron-rich Co-MOF with Ni₃S₂ for improved oxygen evolution and urea oxidation reactions
Wang, Li-Wen; Jing, Xuan; Tang, Si-Fu

Investigating the impact of counter anions on the electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation reaction over MOF-derived catalysts
Li, Yining; Dutta Chowdhury, Abhishek

Ultraviolet light-induced carbon defects on MOF-derived Ni@C greatly improved its electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution
Wu, Ting; Sun, Jianpeng; Zhao, Zhan; Huang, Kelei; Meng, Xiangchao

Ultrathin 2D-2D NiFe LDH/MOF heterojunction nanosheets: an efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst for water oxidation
Yin, Haoran; Su, Shibiao; Yao, Di; Wang, Lixia; Liu, Xinqiang; Isimjan, Tayirjan Taylor; Yang, Xiulin; Cai, Dandan

Mn-doped RuO₂ nanocrystals with abundant oxygen vacancies for enhanced oxygen evolution in acidic media
Zheng, Caixia; Huang, Bing; Liu, Xuwei; Wang, Hao; Guan, Lunhui

Hierarchical mesoporous N-doped carbon as an efficient ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc-air battery
Li, Ping; Wen, Jinghong; Xiang, Yang; Li, Meiqi; Zhao, Yunxiu; Wang, Suna; Dou, Jianmin; Li, Yunwu; Ma, Huiyan; Xu, Liqiang

An hourglass-shaped nickel-based polyoxometalate crystalline material as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and detection of H₂O₂
Li, Yajie; Zhu, Na; Su, Zhixuan; Hu, Xiaoli; Dou, Zhiyu; Su, Zhongmin

Universal synthesis of coral-like ternary MOF-derived sulfides as efficient OER electrocatalysts
Liu, Tianpeng; Zhang, Yangping; Yu, Jun; Hu, Mengyun; Wu, Zhengying; Wei, Xiao; Yu, Shudi; Du, Yukou

Bimetallic ZnCo-MOF derived porous Ir-doped cobalt oxides for water oxidation with improved activity and stability
Chen, Junliang; Liu, Jie; Xu, Shaojie; Wu, Yi; Ye, Yunan; Qian, Jinjie

Bimetal-doped cobalt oxyhydroxides/hydroxides synthesized by electrochemistry for enhanced OER activity
Zhu, Rongmei; Zhang, Yi; Liu, Limei; Li, Yong; He, Gaihua; Pang, Huan

High ratios of Ni³⁺ and Co³⁺ facilitated by Mn-addition for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction and ethanol oxidation reaction
Zhen, Yi-Nuo; Fan, Ruo-Yao; Jiang, Xin-Yin; Yu, Ning; Chai, Yong-Ming; Dong, Bin

Composition regulation of Ni-BDC MOF architecture to enhance electrocatalytic urea oxidation in alkaline solution
Fu, Xin; Pu, Bo; Pan, Li; Ming, Ruiqi; Lv, Qian; Chen, Xiaobo; Tian, Lihong

Ru-anchoring Co-MOF-derived porous nanomaterials for enhanced oxygen evolution activity and structural stability
Li, Nan; Mao, Lujiao; Fu, Yuting; Wang, Haoran; Shen, Yuchang; Zhou, Xuemei; Li, Qipeng; Qian, Jinjie

Electronic metal-support interaction via Ni defect-induced Ru-modified Ni-CeO₂ for enhanced hydrogen oxidation activity
Zhou, Shuqing; Liu, Yi; Cheng, Lianrui; Isimjan, Tayirjan Taylor; Tian, Jianniao; Yang, Xiulin

A universal strategy of constructing Cr-NiFe MOF/CMC aerogel composite catalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
Yu, Xin; Zhang, Jiangcheng; Jia, Yuxin; Yao, Hu; Su, Baolian; Guo, Xiaohui

Tuning the organic ligands to optimize the nitrogen reduction performance of Co(ii) or Ni(ii)-based MOFs
Qin, Ling; Zhao, Ying-Xin; Liu, Qiang; An, Jin-Long; Wang, Han-Xi; Zhang, Mao-Feng; Shi, Cheng-Wu; Zheng, He-Gen

Bimetallic MOF-based catalysts with enhanced activity for electrochemical hydrogen evolution in acid and alkaline electrolytes
Zhang, Rui-Zhe; Lu, Lele; Cheng, Peng; Shi, Wei

Promoting electrocatalytic water oxidation via crafting Co-O-W bridge bonds on an amorphous core/shell NiCo-ZIF@POM catalyst
Yu, Tianhao; Gao, Peng; Du, Hong; Dong, Ling

Electronic modulation by interfacial bridging between Ir nanoparticle and metal-organic framework to enhance hydrogen evolution
Cheng, Kaipeng; Xu, Yinghuan; Zhang, Shenmeng; Zhang, Heng; Xue, Yingying; Huang, Xiahui; Zhao, Jianbo; Zhang, Pengcheng; Ma, Shuang; Hou, Zhiqiang

Boosting structural variety and catalytic activity of porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks by harnessing bifunctional ligands
Wu, Wei; Lv, Xiu-Liang; He, Tao; Si, Guang-Rui; Huang, Hongliang; Xie, Lin-Hua; Xie, Yabo; Li, Jian-Rong

Electrolyte-dependent HER activity of mesoporous iron-based ZIF-67 leaf-like nanosheets
Iqbal, Muhammad Faisal; Li, Mengjiao; Xu, Tao; Lou, Junchao; Wang, Weitao; Zhang, Jing; Hu, Enlai; Xu, Pan

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