W supported on g-CN manifests high activity and selectivity for N2electroreduction to NH3
| Autor: | Baibiao Huang, Xingshuai Lv, Shuhua Wang, Wei Wei, Ying Dai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Work (thermodynamics)
Materials science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Graphitic carbon nitride 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Electrochemistry 01 natural sciences Redox 0104 chemical sciences Catalysis chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Transition metal Physical chemistry General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology Selectivity Faraday efficiency |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8:1378-1385 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7496 2050-7488 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9ta10935h |
| Popis: | In comparison to the conventional Haber–Bosch (H–B) process, electrochemical N2 fixation is a more promising approach for NH3 production due to its environmentally-friendly process and feasibility under ambient conditions. In this work, by means of first-principles calculations, a series of transition metal (TM) atoms (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo and W) supported on a new kind of graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) were evaluated for N2 fixation. The results indicate that the thermally and dynamically stable W/g-CN could be a promising candidate for the N2 reduction reaction (NRR) with high catalytic activity, with the onset potential being only 0.34 V. In addition, W/g-CN shows high selectivity to the NRR with the effective suppression of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), with the Faradaic efficiency (FE) being 100%. It can be highlighted from this work that the metal–support interaction, which alters the local geometric and electronic features, is determinative for the NRR performance, thus providing prospects for the design of effective NRR catalysts. |
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