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A synergistic charge-transfer mechanism to improve the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction on a novel Pt-MOF composite

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A novel composite Pt-MOF was fabricated by mixing 50 wt% of Pt nanoparticles supported on Vulcan carbon and 50 wt% of a cobalt-based MOF, LEEL-037 (1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene, 1,2,4,5-benzene tetracarboxylic acid, and cobalt). As a result of an increment in the OH− adsorption rate on the composite's surface, LEEL-037/Pt–C showed enhanced electrochemical activity to perform the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) compared to bare materials. The improved OH− adsorption is attributed to an electron transference from the pyridine group on LEEL-037 to Pt nanoparticles, which generates a low electronic density region on the LEEL-037 surface; thus, presenting a high affinity to adsorb OH− anions, which is the key step prior the OER in alkaline media.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the CONACYT through the following projects: Cátedras CONACYT – ID7708, CONACYT-FC-1725, and Luis. A. Alfonso-Herrera thanks CONACYT for the M.C. scholarship 844207. The UANL also supported the work through the project PAICYT CE1352-20. The authors thank Dr. Luis Gerardo Silva-Vidaurri for the XPS measurements performed in CIMAV, Monterrey.

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  1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Departamento de Ecomateriales y Energía, Av. Universidad S/N Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Luis A. Alfonso-Herrera & Leticia M. Torres-Martínez

  2. Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C. (CIMAV), Miguel de Cervantes No. 120. Complejo Ind. Chihuahua, C.P. 31136, Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico

    Leticia M. Torres-Martínez

  3. CONACYT – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Departamento de Ecomateriales y Energía, Av. Universidad and Av. Fidel Velázquez S/N, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    J. Manuel Mora-Hernandez

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Alfonso-Herrera, L.A., Torres-Martínez, L.M. & Mora-Hernandez, J.M. A synergistic charge-transfer mechanism to improve the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction on a novel Pt-MOF composite. MRS Advances 6, 856–861 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-021-00142-w

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