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Water oxidation reaction promoted by MIL-101(Fe) photoanode under visible light irradiation

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This work spotlights the recently discovered photoelectrocatalytic properties of iron-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for water oxidation reaction (WOR) under visible light irradiation. The low efficiency of WOR is one of the biggest difficulties faced by photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion; the development of new photoanodes for WOR is greatly desired. In view of the fact that a higher efficiency for WOR was forecast thanks to the peculiar properties of MOFs, such as a highly ordered framework and homogenous porous structure, the photoelectrodes based on MIL-101(Fe) containing photo-active iron(III) clusters have been fabricated by using a drop-casting method and applied to photoelectrochemical water oxidation as photoanodes. XRD measurements revealed the successful formation of MIL-101(Fe) electrodes while retaining their framework structures. From the results of photoelectrochemical measurements, the optimal thickness of the MIL-101(Fe) electrodes was determined to be ca. 60 μm, and the optimized MIL-101(Fe) electrode was found to promote photoelectrochemical WOR under visible light irradiation more efficiently than conventional α-Fe2O3 electrodes. Moreover, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements demonstrated a lower resistance of charge transfer at the interface between the MOF surface and the electrolyte, resulting in better photoelectrochemical performance of the MIL-101(Fe) electrode.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by JST ACCEL, Japan (Grant No. JPMJAC1302), by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Grant Nos. 25410241, 15K17903 and 15K13820) and by the Global Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Korea (Grant No. 2010-00339). T.T. thanks the JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

    Zakary Lionet, Yusuke Kamata, Shun Nishijima, Yu Horiuchi & Masaya Matsuoka

  2. Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan

    Takashi Toyao

  3. Division of Mechanics and ICT Convergence Engineering, Sun Moon University, Asan, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Ho Kim

  4. Department of Environmental and Bio-Chemical Engineering, Sun Moon University, GalSan-Ri, Tangjung-Myon, Asan, Chung-nam, 336708, Republic of Korea

    Soo Wohn Lee

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Lionet, Z., Kamata, Y., Nishijima, S. et al. Water oxidation reaction promoted by MIL-101(Fe) photoanode under visible light irradiation. Res Chem Intermed 44, 4755–4764 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-018-3271-x

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