BCN-Encapsulated Nano-nickel Synergistically Promotes Ambient Electrochemical Dinitrogen Reduction

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2020

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06649

Ключевые слова: bcn heterojunction, electrocatalysis, metal boron organic polymer, nanomaterial catalysis, nitrogen reduction reaction

Аннотация: The electricity provided by solar or wind power can drive nitrogen in the atmosphere, combining with ubiquitous water to form ammonia, and distributed production methods can alleviate the irreversible damage to the environment caused by the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process. Here, we have designed a novel Ni-doped BCN heterojuncПоказать полностьюtion (S/M-BOPs-1) as a catalyst for the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). The ammonia yield rate and Faraday efficiency in NRR driven by S/M-BOPs-1 reach up to 16.72 μg-1 h-1 cm-2 and 13.06%, respectively. Moreover, S/M-BOPs-1 still maintains high NRR activity and excellent stability after recycling for eight times and long-time operation of 12 h. Using density functional theory calculations, we reveal a possible NRR path for N2 to NH3 on Ni, BCN, and the S/M-BOPs-1 composite surfaces. The interaction between the BCN matrix and Ni nanoparticles promotes a synergetic effect for the electrochemical NRR efficiency due to the partial electron transfer from the Ni particles to BCN that inhibits hydrogen evolution reaction and decreases the rate-determining step on Ni surfaces toward NRR by ∼1.5 times. Therefore, efficient NRR performance can be achieved by tuning the electronic properties of non-noble metals via the formation of a heterointerface.

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Журнал: ACS applied materials & interfaces

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 12, Is. 28

Номера страниц: 31419-31430

ISSN журнала: 19448252

Персоны

  • Zhao Xue (Nanjing Tech Univ, Inst Adv Mat IAM, Nanjing 211800, Peoples R China)
  • Yang Ziqiong (Nanjing Tech Univ, Inst Adv Mat IAM, Nanjing 211800, Peoples R China)
  • Kuklin Artem (KTH Royal Inst Technol, Sch Engn Sci Chem Biotechnol & Hlth, Div Theoret Chem & Biol, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Siberian Fed Univ, Dept Sci & Innovat, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia)
  • Baryshnikov Glib (KTH Royal Inst Technol, Sch Engn Sci Chem Biotechnol & Hlth, Div Theoret Chem & Biol, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Siberian Fed Univ, Dept Sci & Innovat, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia; Bohdan Khmelnytsky Natl Univ, Dept Chem & Nanomat Sci, UA-18031 Cherkassy, Ukraine)
  • Agren Hans (KTH Royal Inst Technol, Sch Engn Sci Chem Biotechnol & Hlth, Div Theoret Chem & Biol, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Henan Univ, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, Peoples R China)
  • Liu Wenjing (Nanjing Tech Univ, Dept Key Lab Flexible Elect KLOFE, Nanjing 211800, Peoples R China; Nanjing Tech Univ, Inst Adv Mat IAM, Nanjing 211800, Peoples R China)
  • Zhang Haibo (Wuhan Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China; Wuhan Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Chem, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China)
  • Zhou Xiaohai (Wuhan Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China; Wuhan Univ, Engn Res Ctr Organosilicon Cpds & Mat, Minist Educ, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China)

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