Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High
CR-MOF acts as a catalyst for CO2 reduction and has better catalytic activity than Cu metal based on a more positive onset potential.
Caveat: Onset shifts are reported as approximate comparative values, not absolute onset potentials.
H18 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2 · Linked to 2 structured results
Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High
At -1.2 V vs SHE, the CR-MOF electrode forms substantially more HCOOH than the Cu metal control.
Caveat: Rate is normalised to apparent electrode area and reported for a composite CR-MOF/carbon-paper electrode.
H19 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3 · Linked to 3 structured results
CaveatSupport assessment: High
The paper cites electronic and proton conductivity as motivating characteristics of copper rubeanate MOFs, but it reports no first-hand electrical-transport or proton-conductivity measurement.
Caveat: Conductivity evidence in this article is contextual/literature-based, not extracted as a first-hand result.
H17 · Abstract and Introduction
CaveatSupport assessment: High
The authors had not established a nano-pore effect because the synthesized CR-MOF pore size was not well controlled and was somewhat large.
H19 · Results and Discussion
Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High
CR-MOF gives highly selective HCOOH formation, while Cu metal gives a mixture of CO2 reduction products.
Caveat: Selectivity is reported for the tested potentiostatic conditions; detailed Faradaic efficiencies for all products are not tabulated.
H19 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3 · Linked to 2 structured results
Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium
The authors propose that weak CO2 adsorption at ionic CR-MOF metal sites contributes to selective HCOOH formation.
Caveat: This is a mechanistic interpretation rather than a directly measured adsorption or electronic-structure result in this paper.
H19 · Results and Discussion · Linked to 1 structured result