Construction of efficient bismuth/boron-based flexible electrode in organic media toward neutral hydrogen evolution

Preparing high-efficient, low-cost and stable catalysts to produce hydrogen in neutral electrolyte is a major challenge due to the sluggish kinetics, low conductivity and complex hydrogen adsorption-desorption process. Here, series...

Facile synthesis and characterization of the Mn-MOF electrode material for flexible supercapacitors

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) due to their porosity and well-defined structures are considered to be very promising electrode materials for the construction of high-performance supercapacitor. In this paper, manganese-based metal organic frameworks (Mn-MOF) were prepared on the surface of carbon cloth (CC) by hydrothermal method. The morphology and structure of the electrode material were characterized by SEM, XRD, FT-IR, and XPS. Its electrochemical studies show that the Mn-MOF electrode materials exhibit low charge transfer resistance, the excellent specific capacitance of 433.5 mF·cm−2 in 1.0 M Na2SO4 aqueous solution at the current density of 0.8 mA·cm−2. It is noteworthy that the flexible electrode has excellent cycle stability and 105% capacitance retention even after 5000 cycles at a current density of 5 mA·cm−2. The high electrochemical performance of Mn-MOF/CC flexible electrode materials can be attributed to its three-dimensional porous structure.