Highly Conductive Cobalt Perthiolated Coronene Complex for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution |
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Authors: | Zhijun Chen Dr Yutao Cui Chunhui Ye Dr Liyao Liu Xiaoyu Wu Dr Yimeng Sun Prof Wei Xu Prof Daoben Zhu |
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Institution: | 1. National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China;2. National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P. R. China |
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Abstract: | Metal-bis(dithiolene) is one of the most promising structures showing redox activity, excellent electron transport and magnetic properties as well as catalytic activities. Perthiolated coronene (PTC), an emerging highly symmetric ligand containing the smallest graphene nanoplate was employed to manufacture a hybrid material with fused metal-bis(dithiolene) and graphene nanoplate, and it has been demonstrated as an efficient strategy for the construction of multifunctional materials recently. Herein, Co-PTC, a 2D MOF containing Co-bis(dithiolene) and coronene units is prepared via a homogeneous reaction for the first time as powder samples, which are bar-shaped microparticles composed of nanosheets. A neutral formula of Co3(C24S12)]n is verified for Co-PTC. Co-PTC plays an ultrahigh conductivity of approximately 45 S cm?1 at room temperature as compressed samples, which is among the highest value ever reported for the compressed powder samples of conducting MOFs. Moreover, Co-PTC exhibits good electrocatalytic performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with a Tafel slope of 189 mV decade?1 and an operating overpotential of 227 mV at 10 mA cm?1 with pH=0, as well as a remarkable stability in the extremely acidic aqueous solutions, which is the best hydrogen evolution properties among metal–organic compounds. |
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Keywords: | conductive hydrogen evolution reaction metal–organic compounds nanosheets |
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