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Review
. 2020 Nov 20:8:592915.
doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.592915. eCollection 2020.

Cobalt-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Wenjuan Han  1 , Minhan Li  1 , Yuanyuan Ma  1 , Jianping Yang  1
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Review

Cobalt-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Wenjuan Han et al. Front Chem. .

Abstract

Hydrogen has been considered as a promising alternative energy to replace fossil fuels. Electrochemical water splitting, as a green and renewable method for hydrogen production, has been drawing more and more attention. In order to improve hydrogen production efficiency and lower energy consumption, efficient catalysts are required to drive the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Cobalt (Co)-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials with tunable structure, adjustable pores and large specific surface areas, which has attracted great attention in the field of electrocatalysis. In this review, we focus on the recent progress of Co-based metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives, including their compositions, morphologies, architectures and electrochemical performances. The challenges and development prospects related to Co-based metal-organic frameworks as HER electrocatalysts are also discussed, which might provide some insight in electrochemical water splitting for future development.

Keywords: cobalt-base catalysts; electrocatalysts; hydrogen evolution reaction; metal-organic frameworks; water electrolysis.

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Schematic of water electrolysis system.
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Volcano plot for HER in alkaline medium for various metals. Reproduced with permission (Sheng et al., 2013). Copyright © 2013, Energy Environ. Sci. All rights reserved.
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N-Doped carbon material derived Co/N-Carbon as an electrocatalyst for HER in 1 M KOH solution. (A) LSV of different electrocatalysts with rotation disk electrode at 1,600 rpm. (B) EIS of different electrocatalysts. Reproduced with permission (Huang et al., 2017). © 2017 ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. All rights reserved.
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HER performances of Co-MOFs derived metal selenide (CoSe2@DC) in 0.5 M H2SO4. (A,B) Polarization curves of the different samples, (C) the Tafel plots from (A,B,D) Nyquist plots of the different samples. Reproduced with permission (Zhou W. et al., 2016). © 2016 Nano Energy. All rights reserved.
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Co-MOFs derived metal sulfide for HER electrocatalysis under N2-saturated 0.1 M KOH solution. (A) A schematic illustration of the synthesis of Co/Co9S8@SNGS; (B) Linear sweep voltammetry curves of the different samples; (C) Tafel plots of the different samples. Reproduced with permission (Zhang X. et al., 2016). © 2016 Nano Energy. All rights reserved.
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HER performances of Co-MOF derived metal phosphide. LSV curves (A), Tafel slope (B) in 1 M PBS, LSV curves (C), Tafel slope (D) in 1 M KOH and LSV curves (E), Tafel slope (F) in 0.5 M H2SO4 of the different samples. Reproduced with permission (Liu et al., 2019a) © 2019 Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. All rights reserved.
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HER performances of Co-MOFs derived metal phosphide synthesized by controlling the pyrolysis temperature. (A) Calculated free energy diagram of the HER for (i) *H2O and (ii) *1/2H2 on the different samples, (B) The contact angles of a drop of 1.0 M KOH on (i): ZIF67 precursor, (ii): Co/Co2P@ACF/CNT HNCs-800, (iii): Co/Co2P@ACF/CNT HNCs-900, and (iv): Co/Co2P@ACF/CNT HNCs-1000, (C) Calculated DOS of the different samples, (D) NBO charge distribution. Reproduced with permission (Wang F. et al., 2019). © 2019 J. Mater. Chem. A. All rights reserved.
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(A) The calculated free-energy diagram of the different samples, (B) Calculated DOS curves for CoP and Ni-CoP. Adapted with permission from Pan et al. (2019). © 2019 Nano Energy. All rights reserved. (C) Tafel plots of different catalysts in 1 M KOH solution. (D) Electrochemical impedance spectra of various catalysts at −0.07 V vs. RHE in 1 M KOH solution. Reproduced with permission (Li D. et al., 2018). © 2018 ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. All rights reserved.
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(A) Calculated free-energy diagram of HER at the equilibrium potential for different models, (B) Tentative model of an alloy core particle consisting of Co and Ir, (C,D) Electrocatalytic HER performance of the catalysts in N2-saturated 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. (C) Polarization curves of the different samples, (D) Tafel plots of the different catalysts. Reproduced with permission (Jiang et al., 2018). © 2018 Adv. Mater. All rights reserved.
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