Yttrium-doped cobalt-based metal-organic frameworks for selective electrooxidation of glycerol coupled with hydrogen production.

A facile strategy was developed for one-step synthesis of yttrium(Y)-doped cobalt-based metal-organic framework (CoY-MOF) nanosheet arrays. It was demonstrated that in situ doping with a low content of Y can tailor the electronic structure of the MOF structures, thereby improving their electrocatalytic performance for both hydrogen evolution and glycerol oxidation reactions.