Application RelevanceSupport assessment: Medium
The work presents a molecular MOF-based ORR catalyst route without pyrolytic heat treatment.
Caveat: The target powder synthesis does not report pyrolysis; however EC-300J carbon black is added for electrochemical electrodes.
6 · Conclusions · Linked to 3 structured results
Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High
Co-MOF-74-HATP@EC-300J functions as a bifunctional air electrode/cathode context, giving OER overpotential of 320 mV and ZAB peak power density of 96.6 mW cm-2.
Caveat: ZAB and OER measurements are composite-electrode/application tests, not pristine-framework conductivity measurements.
5-6 · Results and discussion; Conclusions · Fig. 4; Figs. S14-S19 · Linked to 5 structured results
Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High
The Co-O5-N Co-MOF-74-HATP@EC-300J catalyst has faster ORR kinetics and higher ORR half-wave potential than Co-MOF-74@EC-300J.
Caveat: Electrocatalytic tests use EC-300J carbon black, so application values are for the composite electrode rather than neat powder.
4 · Results and discussion · Fig. 3(b)-3(c) · Linked to 5 structured results
Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High
Ligand engineering changes the cobalt first coordination shell from Co-O5 in Co-MOF-74 to Co-O5-N in Co-MOF-74-HATP.
Caveat: Main-text FT distances and SI fitted bond lengths are different EXAFS representations; both are preserved as reported.
4 · Results and discussion · Fig. 2; Table S1 · Linked to 4 structured results
Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High
HATP enters the channels/pores of Co-MOF-74, causing lattice expansion and a large decrease in the N2 adsorption-derived surface-area/pore metric.
Caveat: The article labels the N2-derived metric as pore volume but reports m2 g-1.
2 · Results and discussion · Fig. S5-S6 · Linked to 4 structured results
Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium
HATP modification is claimed to improve electronic conductivity/charge transfer through enhanced graphitisation, Co electronic-state modulation and lower electrochemical charge resistance.
Caveat: No standalone electrical conductivity value, film/pellet geometry, or transport device is reported.
3-5 · Results and discussion · Fig. 2(c), Fig. 3(d), Fig. S7 · Linked to 4 structured results