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Published on: April 28, 2014
Nickel-Carbon-Zirconium Material Derived from Nickel-Oxide Clusters Installed in a Metal-Organic Framework Scaffold
Rebecca H Palmer, Chung-Wei Kung, Jian Liu
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah 21589 , Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Atomic layer deposition is employed to install nickel oxide into NU-1000. Upon heating to 900 °C under nitrogen, a carbon material containing ZrO2 and Ni is formed. In notable contrast to the parent metal-organic framework, the pyrolyzed material is: (a) stable in highly alkaline solutions (typical conditions for water electro-oxidation) and (b) electrically conductive and thus able to deliver oxidizing equivalents (holes) to catalytic sites located far from the underlying conductive-glass electrode. The pyrolysis-derived material was characterized and its electrocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution was investigated.
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