In situ growth of Fe(ii)-MOF-74 nanoarrays on nickel foam as an efficient electrocatalytic electrode for water oxidation: a mechanistic study on valence engineering

Abstract

In this work, our theoretical results first demonstrate that varying the metal valence in MOFs plays a significant role in tuning their stable intrinsic electronic structure. Different valence Fe(II) and Fe(III) based pristine MOF-74 nanoarrays on nickel foam are further synthesized as electrodes for highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation.