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Ultrathin 2D Cobalt Zeolite‐Imidazole Framework Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
2D layered materials, including metal‐di‐chalcogenides and transition metal layered double hydroxides, among others, are intensively studied because of new properties that emerge from their 2D confinement, which are attractive for advanced applications. Herein, 2D cobalt ion (Co2+) and benzimidazole (bIm) based zeolite‐imidazole framework nanosheets, ZIF‐9(III), are reported as exceptionally efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Specifically, liquid‐phase ultrasonication is applied to exfoliate a [Co4(bIm)16] zeolite‐imidazole framework (ZIF), named as ZIF‐9(III) phase, into nanoscale sheets. ZIF‐9(III) is selectively prepared through simple mechanical grinding of cobalt nitrate and benzimidazole in the presence of a small amount of ethanol. The resultant exfoliated nanosheets exhibit significantly higher OER activity in alkaline conditions than the corresponding bulk phases ZIF‐9 and ZIF‐9(III). The electrochemical and physicochemical characterization data support the assignment of the OER activity of the exfoliated nanosheet derived material to nitrogen coordinated cobalt oxyhydroxide N4CoOOH sites, following a mechanism known for Co‐porphyrin and related systems. Thus, exfoliated 2D nanosheets hold promise as potential alternatives to commercial noble metal electrocatalysts for the OER.
Ultrathin 2D Cobalt Zeolite‐Imidazole Framework Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
2D layered materials, including metal‐di‐chalcogenides and transition metal layered double hydroxides, among others, are intensively studied because of new properties that emerge from their 2D confinement, which are attractive for advanced applications. Herein, 2D cobalt ion (Co2+) and benzimidazole (bIm) based zeolite‐imidazole framework nanosheets, ZIF‐9(III), are reported as exceptionally efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Specifically, liquid‐phase ultrasonication is applied to exfoliate a [Co4(bIm)16] zeolite‐imidazole framework (ZIF), named as ZIF‐9(III) phase, into nanoscale sheets. ZIF‐9(III) is selectively prepared through simple mechanical grinding of cobalt nitrate and benzimidazole in the presence of a small amount of ethanol. The resultant exfoliated nanosheets exhibit significantly higher OER activity in alkaline conditions than the corresponding bulk phases ZIF‐9 and ZIF‐9(III). The electrochemical and physicochemical characterization data support the assignment of the OER activity of the exfoliated nanosheet derived material to nitrogen coordinated cobalt oxyhydroxide N4CoOOH sites, following a mechanism known for Co‐porphyrin and related systems. Thus, exfoliated 2D nanosheets hold promise as potential alternatives to commercial noble metal electrocatalysts for the OER.
Ultrathin 2D Cobalt Zeolite‐Imidazole Framework Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
Jayaramulu, Kolleboyina (author) / Masa, Justus (author) / Morales, Dulce M. (author) / Tomanec, Ondrej (author) / Ranc, Vaclav (author) / Petr, Martin (author) / Wilde, Patrick (author) / Chen, Yen‐Ting (author) / Zboril, Radek (author) / Schuhmann, Wolfgang (author)
Advanced Science ; 5
2018-11-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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