Study of Electrocatalytic Properties of Metal-Organic Framework PCN-223 for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Pavel M Usov; Brittany Huffman; Charity C Epley; Matthew C Kessinger; Jie Zhu; William A Maza; Amanda J Morris

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b01547

Study of Electrocatalytic Properties of Metal-Organic Framework PCN-223 for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Oct 4;9(39):33539-33543. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b01547. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

Authors

Pavel M Usov¹, Brittany Huffman¹, Charity C Epley¹, Matthew C Kessinger¹, Jie Zhu¹, William A Maza¹, Amanda J Morris¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.

PMID: 28353341
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b01547

Abstract

A highly robust metal-organic framework (MOF) constructed from Zr₆ oxo clusters and Fe(III) porphyrin linkers, PCN-223-Fe was investigated as a heterogeneous catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Films of the framework were grown on a conductive FTO substrate and showed a high catalytic current upon application of cathodic potentials and achieved high H₂O/H₂O₂ selectivity. In addition, the effect of the proton source on the catalytic performance was also investigated.

Keywords: Fe porphyrin; catalysis; electrochemistry; metal−organic framework; oxygen reduction reaction.