MOF/PCP-based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Liang Tang; Qinshang Xu; Yu Zhang; Wenqian Chen; Minghong Wu

doi:10.1007/s41918-021-00113-7

Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2021, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (1) : 32 -81. DOI: 10.1007/s41918-021-00113-7

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MOF/PCP-based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Liang Tang ¹^,²
, Qinshang Xu ¹^,²
, Yu Zhang ¹^,²
, Wenqian Chen ¹^,²^,^d
, Minghong Wu ¹^,²^,^e

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¹Key Laboratory of Organic Compound Pollution Control Engineering, Ministry of Education, 200444, Shanghai, China

²School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China

^d wenqianchen@shu.edu.cn

^e mhwu@shu.edu.cn

Liang Tang

received his BSc degree from Central South University in 2005 and his doctor’s degree from Shanghai University in 2012. In the same year, he went to Italy to do postdoctoral research in the University of Trento. He joined Shanghai University in May 2013 and was appointed as a research fellow in 2019. His current main research interests are environmental behavior of persistent organic pollutants and related advanced energy storage research.[graphic not available: see fulltext]

Wenqian Chen

received her Ph. D. from Kyoto University in 2015. From 2016 to 2018, She was a research associate at Tohoku University. Since 2018, she works as a lecturer in Shanghai University. Her research interests focus on the preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks for energy applications.[graphic not available: see fulltext]

Minghong Wu

received her Ph. D. from 1999, She is currently the group leader of the Key Laboratory of Organic Compound Pollution Control Engineering of Shanghai University. Her exceptional research has contributed to establishing the foundations of environmental and energy science at the forefront of discoveries of new phenomena that stand to address critical issues.[graphic not available: see fulltext]

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The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the fundamental reaction at the cathode of a fuel cell. Although the commercial precious metal catalyst Pt/C has unique catalytic activity, its high cost, low storage capacity and poor stability limit the commercial application of fuel cells. Therefore, it is essential to explore catalysts with abundant functional materials and develop fuel cells with high activity and high stability. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or porous coordination polymers (PCPs) are highly designable structures composed of organic ligands and metal ions. Because of their large specific surface area, high porosity and tunable chemical structure, MOFs/PCPs are considered the most promising catalytic material for the ORR. This review discusses the research progress and latest development of MOF/PCP applications as ORR catalysts, including the basic principles and the design rules of MOFs/PCPs as ORR catalysts. In addition, this work also elaborates on the active sites of ORR catalysts, which originate from the MOFs/PCPs. Ultimately, we present a research review of the last 5 years and the prospects in the field of using MOFs/PCPs for the fabrication of ORR catalysts.

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Liang Tang, Qinshang Xu, Yu Zhang, Wenqian Chen, Minghong Wu. MOF/PCP-based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2021, 5(1): 32-81 DOI:10.1007/s41918-021-00113-7