Recent progress on metal–organic frameworks and their derived materials for electrocatalytic water splitting

Abstract

The review article discusses the recent progress of MOFs and MOF-derived materials, and the challenges in electrocatalytic water splitting.

Two-dimension on two-dimension growth: hierarchical Ni0.2Mo0.8N/Fe-doped Ni3N nanosheet array for overall water splitting

“…Pt-based noble metals are the best catalysts towards the OER and HER. [15][16][17][18] However, their lower abundance and higher cost greatly suppress their wide commercial development. Therefore, exploring highly efficient and earth-abundant electrocatalysts toward water splitting are vital for large-scale practical application.…”

Metal–organic framework derived nanomaterials for electrocatalysis: recent developments for CO2 and N2 reduction

“…in that context, various porous materials have been explored for this purpose, such as porous carbons, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), metal/metal-oxide nanoparticles [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Moreover, porous carbon-based materials and their composites with metal-oxide nanoparticles are viewed as important catalytic materials due to their excellent electrochemical activity, high chemical and thermal stability, and the possibility for their rational design according to the requirement of a specific application [16,17].…”

“…As an outcome of these mentioned virtues, over the passed two decades, MOFs have attracted great attention from the scientific community due to the scope of using either pristine MOFs or MOFderived materials in various important applications. They have also been extensively evaluated as highly promising candidate materials for the design of efficient renewable energy based electrochemical devices e.g., supercapacitors, batteries, and electrocatalysis [5,17,[20][21][22][23].…”

Metal–Organic Frameworks‐Derived Self‐Supported Carbon‐Based Composites for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

“…Especially, as the promising alternatives to noble‐metal‐based electrocatalysts, some free‐standing carbon‐based materials have exhibited remarkably boosted catalytic performances, even superior to commercial noble‐metal‐based electrocatalysts. Several reviews have summarized the achievements of MOFs and MOF‐derived nanomaterials for water electrolysis [98–105] . For instance, Xu and coworkers presented the materials design strategies of MOFs‐derived carbon‐based materials and their applications for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions [102] .…”