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Facile Room-Temperature In Situ Incorporation of Transition-Metal Selenide (TMSe) Nanoparticles into MOF-5 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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Development of facile, low-cost, and highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts with excellent oxygen evolution activity and stability has been a major challenge in recent years. In this work, efficient TMSe@MOF-5 catalysts were synthesized by in situ incorporation of presynthesized transition-metal selenide nanoparticles (MnSe, FeSe, CoSe, NiSe, CuSe, and ZnSe) into MOF-5 at room temperature. All the synthesized composites were successfully characterized by powder x-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, elemental mapping, and ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry. Among various TMSe@MOF-5/NF working electrodes, MnSe@MOF-5/NF showed higher OER catalytic activity, requiring an overpotential of only 170 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm−2 in alkaline medium with a Tafel slope of 61 mV dec−1, which is superior to many other reported OER catalysts including state-of-the-art RuO2 (ƞ10 = 290 mV). It is believed that the higher OER activity of MnSe@MOF-5/NF is due to the formation of a heterojunction from Ni of the nickel foam to the MnSe@MOF-5 at the surface of the working electrode.

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This project is financially supported by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan under the International Research Support Initiative (IRSIP) program. The authors also acknowledge Prof. Duncan H. Gregory, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, UK, for facilitating laboratory facilities to carry out this project.

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Fiaz, M., Athar, M. Facile Room-Temperature In Situ Incorporation of Transition-Metal Selenide (TMSe) Nanoparticles into MOF-5 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. JOM 72, 2219–2225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03867-0

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