Improving the electrocatalytic activity of Co-based metal–organic framework towards hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions through Ru doping
摘要
The overutilization of traditional fossil energy sources has led to increasingly severe environmental challenges, highlighting hydrogen as a promising alternative energy source. A key step toward the widespread adoption of hydrogen energy is the development of cost-effective materials with high catalytic performance for water splitting. In this study, Ru was incorporated into Co-BDC/NF to synthesize CoRu-BDC/NF (BDC = terephthalic acid, NF = nickel foam), optimizing its electrocatalytic properties. Performance evaluations revealed that CoRu-BDC/NF demonstrated outstanding hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity in an alkaline solution, requiring only 68 mV at 10 mA/cm2 for HER and 288 mV at 50 mA/cm2 for OER, indicating low overpotential and strong stability. During overall water splitting, a voltage of 1.56 V was adequate to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm2. As a bifunctional catalyst for both hydrogen and oxygen generation in electrolysis, CoRu-BDC/NF exhibited excellent electrocatalytic efficiency and durability, offering valuable insights into the design of Ru-doped bimetallic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for water-splitting applications.