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Incorporation of CuO/TiO2 Nanocomposite into MOF-5 for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) and Photodegradation of Organic Dyes

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In this reported article, a highly efficient, stable and low cost CuO/TiO2@MOF-5 composite has been synthesized by in-situ incorporation of pre-synthesized precursors into MOF-5. The formation of synthesized samples has been confirmed by Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) images and Ultraviolet visible spectrophotometry. The synthesized samples are found efficient for photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and photodegradation of organic dyes (methylene blue/methyl orange). It has been observed that CuO/TiO2@MOF-5 shows lowest onset potential, highest current density and better OER activity as compared to some of previously reported Cu-based working electrodes. It required only 263 mV overpotential to deliver the benchmark 10 mA cm−2 current density. In the same way, CuO/TiO2@MOF-5/NF exhibits maximum ability to degrade methylene blue and methyl orange as compared to all other samples.

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Author acknowledges Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan for providing lab facilities to carry out this research work as well as Dr. Muhammad Athar for his nice suggestion and supervisions.

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    Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Fiaz, Sonia Rani, Muhammad Naeem Ashiq & Muhammad Athar

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Jabbar, A., Fiaz, M., Rani, S. et al. Incorporation of CuO/TiO2 Nanocomposite into MOF-5 for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) and Photodegradation of Organic Dyes. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 4043–4052 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01550-5

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