Ligand-mediated strategy for the fabrication of hollow Fe-MOFs and their derived Fe/NC nanostructures with an enhanced oxygen reduction reaction

Abstract

In this study, we reported a facile ligand-mediated strategy that could well-preserve the morphology structure of the metal–organic framework (MOF) precursor after thermal treatment under inert atmosphere. Moreover, the as-derived hollow octahedron-shaped carbon particles demonstrated enhanced electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction.