Primary studyCore evidenceTransport Physics

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide using a copper rubeanate metal organic framework

Hinogami R., Yotsuhashi S., Deguchi M. et al. · ECS Electrochemistry Letters · 2012

3materials
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2synthesis routes
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33results
6claims and caveats

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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

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
conductive carbon papercarbon papernone · noneunknown · UnknownCommercial conductive carbon paper substrate/control.H17 · Experimental
copper rubeanate metal organic frameworknot explicitly stated; copper rubeanate polymer/MOFCu sites / Cu(II) ions in copper rubeanate framework · rubeanic acid / rubeanate ligandunknown · PristineStoichiometric crystalline polymer compound assigned from elemental analysis, broad powder XRD peaks, and IR spectra; authors describe the material as CR-MOF with nanopores.H17 · Abstract and Experimental
copper metal electrodeCumetallic Cu · noneunknown · UnknownMetal electrode control.H18 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2

Sample register

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
bare conductive carbon paper electroderesearch_0282__mat__carbon_paperElectrode · Pristine Control · Unknownbare CP control electrodeToray TGP-H-120 conductive carbon paper · 0.36 mmH18 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2
CR-MOF deposited on conductive carbon paperresearch_0282__mat__cr_mofElectrode · Composite Sample · Composite100 uL CR-MOF/isopropanol slurry drop-cast onto carbon paper, air-dried, and gripped with a gold-plated electrode holderToray TGP-H-120 conductive carbon paper, 0.36 mm thick, 18 mm square · carbon paper thickness 0.36 mm; deposited CR-MOF layer thickness not reportedH17 · Experimental
air-dried CR-MOF particlesresearch_0282__mat__cr_mofPowder · Target Sample · Pristine Frameworkprecipitated from rubeanic acid and CuSO4 solutions, washed, centrifuged, and air-driednone · not applicableH17 · Experimental
Cu metal electroderesearch_0282__mat__cu_metalElectrode · Pristine Control · Unknownmetal electrode used as control for CO2 electroreductionnone · not reportedH18 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2 and Figure 3