Zn(II)-MOF derived N-doped carbons achieve marked ORR activity in alkaline and acidic media

Feng Chen; Gao-Yuan Huang; Ke-An Wang; Hai-Bin Zhu

doi:10.1039/d2cc05737a

Zn(II)-MOF derived N-doped carbons achieve marked ORR activity in alkaline and acidic media

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Jan 17;59(6):736-739. doi: 10.1039/d2cc05737a.

Authors

Feng Chen¹, Gao-Yuan Huang¹, Ke-An Wang¹, Hai-Bin Zhu¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China. zhuhaibin@seu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36541260
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc05737a

Abstract

A highly efficient metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalyst toward oxygen reduction was obtained by one-pot pyrolysis of a single Zn(II)-MOF with mixed azolate and terephthalate ligands, demonstrating E_1/2 of 0.88 V (vs. RHE) in 0.1 M KOH, and 0.79 V (vs. RHE) in 0.5 M H₂SO₄. It represents one of the best metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the acidic ORR.