A self‐powered system to electrochemically generate ammonia driven by palladium single atom electrocatalyst

Autor: Hao Hu, Shuyuan Pan, Zhiyong Ma, Kaiyi Liu, Yi Li, Haifeng Bao, Chengwei Deng, Fang Luo, Zehui Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: SusMat, Vol 4, Iss 5, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2692-4552
DOI: 10.1002/sus2.237
Popis: Abstract The utilization of single atoms (SAs) as trifunctional electrocatalyst for nitrogen reduction, oxygen reduction, and oxygen evolution reactions (NRR, ORR, and OER) is still a formidable challenge. Herein, we devise one‐pot synthesized palladium SAs stabilized on nitrogen‐doped carbon palladium SA electrocatalyst (Pd‐SA/NC) as efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for NRR, ORR, and OER. Pd‐SA/NC performs a robust catalytic activity toward NRR with faradaic efficiency of 22.5% at −0.25 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), and the relative Pd utilization efficiency is enhanced by 17‐fold than Pd‐NP/NC. In addition, the half‐wave potential reaches 0.876 V versus RHE, amounting to a 58‐time higher mass activity than commercial Pt/C. Moreover, the overpotential at 10 mA cm−2 is as low as 287 mV for Pd‐SA/NC, outperforming the commercial IrO2 by 360 times in turnover frequency at 1.6 V versus RHE. Accordingly, the assembled rechargeable zinc‐air battery (ZAB) achieves a maximum power density of 170 mW cm−2, boosted by 2.3 times than Pt/C–IrO2. Two constructed ZABs efficiently power the NRR‐OER system to electrochemically generate ammonia implying its superior trifunctionality.
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