Engineering the active phase in Ni-BDC via Cr doping and electrochemical reconstruction for efficient methanol oxidation

Key Points

• The study aims to enhance methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) performance by engineering the active phase of Ni-BDC through Cr doping and electrochemical reconstruction.
• Incorporation of Cr into Ni-BDC to form CrNi-BDC
• Electrochemical reconstruction to transform CrNi-BDC into NiOOH
• Assessment of adsorption capacity of OH− and MOR performance
• Cr doping promotes transformation of CrNi-BDC into NiOOH
• R-CrNi-BDC shows exceptional methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) performance
• Improved stability observed in R-CrNi-BDC during testing