Ni(II)-Pyrazolate Framework Bearing a Metalated Schiff-Base Moiety for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

A robust and porous Ni-based metal-organic framework (MOF), NiL1, was assembled from Ni(II) ions and a dipyrazolate linker (L12-). A Ni(II)-anchored MOF catalyst Ni@NiL1-Sal has been successfully prepared by post-synthetic modification (PSM) condensation between NiL1 with salicylaldehyde, followed by chelation of Ni(II) ions by salicylaldimine as a secondary active site. Ni@NiL1-Sal with carbon black was found to exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance (the smallest overpotential, 384 mV, and Tafel slope, 87 mV dec-1) when compared with primitive NiL1 and NiL1-Sal. Such improvement in HER highlights the creation of unambiguous secondary active sites as an avenue to the rational design of a functional MOF-based electrocatalyst.

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Qian-Ru Luo, Jieying Hu, Zhixin Jiang, Shaoru Chen, Xinhe Ye, Jianrong Li, Lai-Hon Chung, Lin Yu, Jun He. Ni(II)-Pyrazolate Framework Bearing a Metalated Schiff-Base Moiety for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Inorganic chemistry. 2023 Apr 03;62(13):5229-5236

PMID: 36960995

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