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Zhang W, Zhou L, Zhang X, Huang Z, Fang F, Hong Z, Li J, Gao M, Sun W, Pan H, Liu Y. Lithium Borohydride Nanorods: Self-Assembling Growth and Remarkable Hydrogen Cycling Properties. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400965. [PMID: 38506595 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Nanostructured metal hydrides with unique morphology and improved hydrogen storage properties have attracted intense interests. However, the study of the growth process of highly active borohydrides remains challenging. Herein, for the first time the synthesis of LiBH4 nanorods through a hydrogen-assisted one-pot solvothermal reaction is reported. Reaction of n-butyl lithium with triethylamine borane in n-hexane under 50 bar of H2 at 40-100 °C gives rise to the formation of the [100]-oriented LiBH4 nanorods with 500-800 nm in diameter, whose growth is driven by orientated attachment and ligand adsorption. The unique morphology enables the LiBH4 nanorods to release hydrogen from ≈184 °C, 94 °C lower than the commercial sample (≈278 °C). Hydrogen release amounts to 13 wt% within 40 min at 450 °C with a stable cyclability, remarkably superior to the commercial LiBH4 (≈9.1 wt%). More importantly, up to 180 °C reduction in the onset temperature of hydrogenation is successfully attained by the nanorod sample with respect to the commercial counterpart. The LiBH4 nanorods show no foaming during dehydrogenation, which improves the hydrogen cycling performance. The new approach will shed light on the preparation of nanostructured metal borohydrides as advanced functional materials.
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- Wenxuan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 81 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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He X. Correlating Nitrate Adsorption with the Local Environments of FeCoNiCuZn High-Entropy Alloy Catalysts Using Machine Learning. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024. [PMID: 39002163 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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The electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia holds significant values for water remediations and energy applications, which quests for the development of highly effective catalysts with considerable stability and selectivity. Recently, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are attracting growing attention for electrocatalytic processes. Nonetheless, studies of HEA-based nitrate reduction to ammonia are still at the early stage, and it remains unclear how the HEA compositions affect the adsorption and activation of the reaction intermediates. Herein, high-throughput density functional theory (DFT) calculations were integrated with machine learning to investigate the dependence of nitrate adsorption on the FeCoNiCuZn HEA structures. In particular, a total of 1268 different structures were sampled and constructed from the multidimensional configuration space, followed by the DFT calculations to investigate the Gibbs free energy of nitrate adsorption (i.e., ΔGNO3) on different surface microstructures. Four regression models were successfully developed, which can accurately predict ΔGNO3 using the HEA structures as the input features. Through the analysis of the feature importance, it was found that the active sites are crucial for nitrate adsorption; meanwhile, the local environments also play a considerable role. The dependence of the ΔGNO3 and adsorption geometries on the HEA compositions demonstrates that the compositional modulation of the HEA catalysts could be a promising avenue for facile adsorption and activation of reaction intermediates. Overall, this work will contribute to the probabilistic optimization of the HEA microstructures for enhanced electrochemical nitrate reduction.
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- Xiang He
- Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, United States
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Li H, Liu X, Kan Z, Liu S, Zhao J. Boosting electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia of single Fe active sites via coordination engineering: From theory to experiments. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 676:149-157. [PMID: 39024815 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Atomically dispersed iron-nitrogen-carbon (Fe-N4-C) catalysts show great promises for the electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3-) reduction to ammonia (NH3). Nevertheless, the microenvironmental engineering of the single Fe active sites for further optimizing the catalytic performance remains a challenge. Herein, we proposed to regulate the coordination environment of single Fe active sites to boost its intrinsic electrocatalytic activity for NO3- -to-NH3 conversion by the incorporation of new heteroatoms, including B, C, O, Si, P, and S. Our results revealed that most of the candidates possess low formation energies, showing great potential for experimental synthesis. Moreover, incorporating heteroatoms effectively modulates the charge redistribution and the d-band center of single Fe active sites, enabling the regulation of the binding strength of nitrogenous intermediates. As a result, the N and C coordinated Fe active site (Fe-N3C) exhibits superior catalytic performance for NO3- electroreduction with a relatively low limiting potential (-0.13 V) due to its optimal adsorption strength with nitrogenous intermediates induced by its moderate charge and d-band center. Importantly, our experimental measures confirmed such theoretical prediction: a maximum NH3 yield rate of 21.07 mg h-1 mgcat.-1 and 95.74 % Faradaic efficiency were achieved for NO3- electroreduction on Fe-N3C catalyst. These findings not only suggest a highly efficient catalyst for nitrate reduction but also provide insight into how to design and prepare electrocatalysts with enhanced catalytic performance.
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- Heying Li
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China.
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Wu H, Li Y, Li H, Wu F, Li L, Xu X, Gao Y. Compressively Strained Fe 3O 4 in Core-Shell Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst Boosts Zinc-Air Battery Performance. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2404065. [PMID: 38949396 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Fe3O4 is barely taken into account as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), an important reaction for metal-air batteries and fuel cells, due to its sluggish catalytic kinetics and poor electron conductivity. Herein, how strain engineering can be employed to regulate the local electronic structure of Fe3O4 for high ORR activity is reported. Compressively strained Fe3O4 shells with 2.0% shortened Fe─O bond are gained on the Fe/Fe4N cores as a result of lattice mismatch at the interface. A downshift of the d-band center occurs for compressed Fe3O4, leading to weakened chemisorption energy of oxygenated intermediates, and lower reaction overpotential. The compressed Fe3O4 exhibits greatly enhanced electrocatalytic ORR activity with a kinetic current density of 27 times higher than that of pristine one at 0.80 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode), as well as potential application in zinc-air batteries. The findings provide a new strategy for tuning electronic structures and improving the catalytic activity of other metal catalysts.
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- Haihua Wu
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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Fu Y, Zhang W, Ma H. Application and Challenge of Metal/Covalent Organic Frameworks in Ammonia Sorption and Separation. Chempluschem 2024:e202400236. [PMID: 38895820 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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As both a critical chemical feedstock and an environmental pollutant, the production and utilization of ammonia (NH3) are accompanied by the progress of social civilization. In recent years, research on metal/covalent organic framework materials as NH3 adsorbents has attracted increasing attention due to their high porosity, versatile architecture and tunable functionality. This review was organized to highlight the recent advancement of MOF/COF materials for NH3 sorption, which successively presented the key properties of solid adsorbents and summarized the strategies along with their mechanisms for enhancing NH3 adsorption. In addition, perspectives and outlook regarding the future development of MOF/COF-based NH3 adsorbents were outlined to meet the requirements of practical applications under various condition.
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- Yu Fu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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Zhang Z, Feng X, Zhang Z, Chen L, Liu W, Tong L, Gao X, Zhang J. Graphdiyne Enabled Nitrogen Vacancy Formation in Copper Nitride for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:14898-14904. [PMID: 38749059 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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The electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate is promising for sustainable ammonia synthesis but suffers from slow reduction kinetics and multiple competing reactions. Here, we report a catalyst featuring copper nitride (Cu3N) anchored on a novel graphdiyne support (termed Cu3N/GDY), which is used for electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to produce ammonia. The GDY absorbed hydrogen and enabled nitrogen (N) vacancy formation in Cu3N for the fast nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR). Further, the distinct absorption sites formed by GDY and N vacancy enabled the excellent selectivity and stability of NO3RR. Notably, the Cu3N/GDY catalyst achieved a high ammonia yield (YNH3) up to 35280 μg h-1 mgcat.-1 and a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 98.1% using 0.1 M NO3- at -0.9 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technology and in situ X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy measurement, we visualized the N vacancy formation in Cu3N and electrocatalytic NO3RR enabled by GDY. These findings show the promise of GDY in sustainable ammonia synthesis and highlight the efficacy of Cu3N/GDY as a catalyst.
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- Zixuan Zhang
- Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences (Ministry of Education), Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences (Ministry of Education), Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
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- Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Zhao K, Wang J, Yang Y, Wang X. Efficient Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis via Theoretical Screening of Titanate Nanosheet-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:2239. [PMID: 38793306 PMCID: PMC11123175 DOI: 10.3390/ma17102239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) for synthesizing ammonia holds promise as an alternative to the traditional high-energy-consuming Haber-Bosch method. Rational and accurate catalyst design is needed to overcome the challenge of activating N2 and to suppress the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Single-atom catalysts have garnered widespread attention due to their 100% atom utilization efficiency and unique catalytic performance. In this context, we constructed theoretical models of metal single-atom catalysts supported on titanate nanosheets (M-TiNS). Initially, density functional theory (DFT) was employed to screen 12 single-atom catalysts for NRR- and HER-related barriers, leading to the identification of the theoretically optimal NRR catalyst, Ru-TiNS. Subsequently, experimental synthesis of the Ru-TiNS single-atom catalyst was successfully achieved, exhibiting excellent performance in catalyzing NRR, with the highest NH3 yield rate reaching 15.19 μmol mgcat-1 h-1 and a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 15.3%. The combination of experimental results and theoretical calculations demonstrated the efficient catalytic ability of Ru sites, validating the effectiveness of the constructed theoretical screening process and providing a theoretical foundation for the design of efficient NRR catalysts.
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- Kaiheng Zhao
- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (K.Z.); (J.W.)
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (K.Z.); (J.W.)
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (K.Z.); (J.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
- Tangshan Research Institute of Beijing Jiaotong University, Tangshan 063000, China
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Afzal J, Zhang J, Wang H. Fabrication of -SO 3H-functionalized polyphosphazene-reinforced proton conductive matrix-mixed membranes. RSC Adv 2024; 14:14456-14464. [PMID: 38699689 PMCID: PMC11063683 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07094h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) have emerged as very promising membranes for automotive applications because of their notable proton conductivity at low temperatures. These membranes find extensive utilization in fuel cells. Several polymeric materials have been used, but their application is constrained by their expense and intricate synthetic processes. Affordable and efficient synthetic methods for polymeric materials are necessary for the widespread commercial use of PEM technology. The polymeric combination of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP) and 4,4-diamino-2,2-biphenyldisulfonic acid facilitated the synthesis of PP-(PhSO3H)2, a polyphosphazene with built-in -SO3H moieties. Characterization revealed that it was a porous organic polymer with high stability. PP-(PhSO3H)2 exhibited a proton conductivity of up to 8.24 × 10-2 S cm-1 (SD = ±0.031) at 353 K under 98% relative humidity (RH), which was more than two orders of magnitude higher than that of its -SO3H-free analogue, PP-(Ph)2 (2.32 × 10-4 S cm-1) (SD = ±0.019) under identical conditions. Therefore, for application in a PEM fuel cell, PP-(PhSO3H)2-based matrix-mixed membranes (PP-(PhSO3H)2-MMMs) were fabricated by mixing them with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) in various ratios. The proton conductivity could reach up to 6.11 × 10-2 S cm-1 (SD = ±0.0048) at 353 K and 98%RH, when the weight ratio of PP-(PhSO3H)2 : PAN was 3 : 1, the value of which was comparable with those of commercially available electrolytes used in PEM fuel cells. PP-(PhSO3H)2-MMM (3 : 1) had an extended lifetime of reusability. Using phosphazene and bisulfonated multiple-amine modules as precursors, we demonstrated that a porous organic polymer with a highly effective proton-conductive matrix-mixed membrane for PEM fuel cells could be produced readily by an intuitive polymeric reaction.
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- Jamal Afzal
- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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Zheng M, Zhang J, Wang P, Jin H, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation Reactions on Copper-Based Catalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307913. [PMID: 37756435 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Hydrogenation reactions play a critical role in the synthesis of value-added products within the chemical industry. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) using water as the hydrogen source has emerged as an alternative to conventional thermocatalytic processes for sustainable and decentralized chemical synthesis under mild conditions. Among the various ECH catalysts, copper-based (Cu-based) nanomaterials are promising candidates due to their earth-abundance, unique electronic structure, versatility, and high activity/selectivity. Herein, recent advances in the application of Cu-based catalysts in ECH reactions for the upgrading of valuable chemicals are systematically analyzed. The unique properties of Cu-based catalysts in ECH are initially introduced, followed by design strategies to enhance their activity and selectivity. Then, typical ECH reactions on Cu-based catalysts are presented in detail, including carbon dioxide reduction for multicarbon generation, alkyne-to-alkene conversion, selective aldehyde conversion, ammonia production from nitrogen-containing substances, and amine production from organic nitrogen compounds. In these catalysts, the role of catalyst composition and nanostructures toward different products is focused. The co-hydrogenation of two substrates (e.g., CO2 and NOx n, SO3 2-, etc.) via C─N, C─S, and C─C cross-coupling reactions are also highlighted. Finally, the critical issues and future perspectives of Cu-catalyzed ECH are proposed to accelerate the rational development of next-generation catalysts.
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- Min Zheng
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Ren Y, Li S, Yu C, Zheng Y, Wang C, Qian B, Wang L, Fang W, Sun Y, Qiu J. NH 3 Electrosynthesis from N 2 Molecules: Progresses, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6409-6421. [PMID: 38412558 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Green ammonia (NH3), made by using renewable electricity to split nearly limitless nitrogen (N2) molecules, is a vital platform molecule and an ideal fuel to drive the sustainable development of human society without carbon dioxide emission. The NH3 electrosynthesis field currently faces the dilemma of low yield rate and efficiency; however, decoupling the overlapping issues of this area and providing guidelines for its development directions are not trivial because it involves complex reaction process and multidisciplinary entries (for example, electrochemistry, catalysis, interfaces, processes, etc.). In this Perspective, we introduce a classification scheme for NH3 electrosynthesis based on the reaction process, namely, direct (N2 reduction reaction) and indirect electrosynthesis (Li-mediated/plasma-enabled NH3 electrosynthesis). This categorization allows us to finely decouple the complicated reaction pathways and identify the specific rate-determining steps/bottleneck issues for each synthesis approach such as N2 activation, H2 evolution side reaction, solid-electrolyte interphase engineering, plasma process, etc. We then present a detailed overview of the latest progresses on solving these core issues in terms of the whole electrochemical system covering the electrocatalysts, electrodes, electrolytes, electrolyzers, etc. Finally, we discuss the research focuses and the promising strategies for the development of NH3 electrosynthesis in the future with a multiscale perspective of atomistic mechanisms, nanoscale electrocatalysts, microscale electrodes/interfaces, and macroscale electrolyzers/processes. It is expected that this Perspective will provide the readers with an in-depth understanding of the bottleneck issues and insightful guidance on designing the efficient NH3 electrosynthesis systems.
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- Yongwen Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials of Liaoning Province, College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Zhong W, Hong QL, Ai X, Zhang C, Li FM, Li XF, Chen Y. RhNi Bimetallenes with Lattice-Compressed Rh Skin towards Ultrastable Acidic Nitrate Electroreduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2314351. [PMID: 38408278 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202314351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Harvesting recyclable ammonia (NH3 ) from acidic nitrate (NO3 - )-containing wastewater requires the utilization of corrosion-resistant electrocatalytic materials with high activity and selectivity towards acidic electrochemical nitrate reduction (NO3 ER). Herein, ultrathin RhNi bimetallenes with Rh-skin-type structure (RhNi@Rh BMLs) are fabricated towards acidic NO3 ER. The Rh-skin atoms on the surface of RhNi@Rh BMLs experience the lattice compression-induced strain effect, resulting in shortened Rh-Rh bond and downshifted d-band center. Experimental and theoretical calculation results corroborate that Rh-skin atoms can inhibit NO2 */NH2 * adsorption-induced Rh dissolution, contributing to the exceptional electrocatalytic durability of RhNi@Rh BMLs (over 400 h) towards acidic NO3 ER. RhNi@Rh BMLs also reveal an excellent catalytic performance, boasting a 98.4% NH3 Faradaic efficiency and a 13.4 mg h-1 mgcat -1 NH3 yield. Theoretical calculations reveal that compressive stress tunes the electronic structure of Rh skin atoms, which facilitates the reduction of NO* to NOH* in NO3 ER. The practicality of RhNi@Rh BMLs has also been confirmed in an alkaline-acidic hybrid zinc-nitrate battery with a 1.39 V open circuit voltage and a 10.5 mW cm-2 power density. This work offers valuable insights into the nature of electrocatalyst deactivation behavior and guides the development of high-efficiency corrosion-resistant electrocatalysts for applications in energy and environment.
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- Wei Zhong
- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Batteries Materials for Electric Vehicles of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China
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Zhang M, Shen L, Yu C, Li T, Bai S, Su Y, Liu Z, Li Y. Boosting the Faraday Efficiency of Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis via the Strain Effect Induced by Interfacial Hybrid Formation between BN and Carbon Nanotubes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:8832-8841. [PMID: 38327039 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) is a highly promising alternative to the Haber-Bosch (H-B) process, but its commercial development is limited by the high bond energy of N2 molecules and the presence of the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Here, a metal-free composite electrocatalyst of boron nitride (h-BNNs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was explored through the interfacial hybridization of h-BNNs and CNTs, which showed a highly improved eNRR Faraday efficiency (FE) of 63.9% and an NH3 yield rate of 36.5 μg h-1 mgcat.-1 at -0.691 V (vs RHE). New chemical bonds of C-B and C-N were observed, indicating a strong interaction between CNTs and h-BNNs. According to the Raman spectra and the optimized model of h-BNNs/CNTs, an obvious strain effect between h-BNNs and CNTs was supposed to play a significant role in the highly improved FE, compared with the FE of h-BNNs alone (4.7%). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further showed that h-BNNs/CNTs had lower energy barriers in eNRR, giving them higher N2 to NH3 selectivity, while h-BNNs have lower energy barriers in the HER. This work shows the important role of the strain effect in boosting the selectivity in the eNRR process.
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- Meng Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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Chen S, Jelic J, Rein D, Najafishirtari S, Schmidt FP, Girgsdies F, Kang L, Wandzilak A, Rabe A, Doronkin DE, Wang J, Friedel Ortega K, DeBeer S, Grunwaldt JD, Schlögl R, Lunkenbein T, Studt F, Behrens M. Highly loaded bimetallic iron-cobalt catalysts for hydrogen release from ammonia. Nat Commun 2024; 15:871. [PMID: 38286982 PMCID: PMC10824716 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44661-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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Ammonia is a storage molecule for hydrogen, which can be released by catalytic decomposition. Inexpensive iron catalysts suffer from a low activity due to a too strong iron-nitrogen binding energy compared to more active metals such as ruthenium. Here, we show that this limitation can be overcome by combining iron with cobalt resulting in a Fe-Co bimetallic catalyst. Theoretical calculations confirm a lower metal-nitrogen binding energy for the bimetallic catalyst resulting in higher activity. Operando spectroscopy reveals that the role of cobalt in the bimetallic catalyst is to suppress the bulk-nitridation of iron and to stabilize this active state. Such catalysts are obtained from Mg(Fe,Co)2O4 spinel pre-catalysts with variable Fe:Co ratios by facile co-precipitation, calcination and reduction. The resulting Fe-Co/MgO catalysts, characterized by an extraordinary high metal loading reaching 74 wt.%, combine the advantages of a ruthenium-like electronic structure with a bulk catalyst-like microstructure typical for base metal catalysts.
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- Shilong Chen
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany.
- Kiel Nano, Surface and Interface Science KiNSIS, Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
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Zhang F, Zhou J, Chen X, Zhao S, Zhao Y, Tang Y, Tian Z, Yang Q, Slavcheva E, Lin Y, Zhang Q. The Recent Progresses of Electrodes and Electrolysers for Seawater Electrolysis. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:239. [PMID: 38334510 PMCID: PMC10856650 DOI: 10.3390/nano14030239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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The utilization of renewable energy for hydrogen production presents a promising pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality in energy consumption. Water electrolysis, utilizing pure water, has proven to be a robust technology for clean hydrogen production. Recently, seawater electrolysis has emerged as an attractive alternative due to the limitations of deep-sea regions imposed by the transmission capacity of long-distance undersea cables. However, seawater electrolysis faces several challenges, including the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the competing chlorine evolution reaction (CER) processes, electrode degradation caused by chloride ions, and the formation of precipitates on the cathode. The electrode and catalyst materials are corroded by the Cl- under long-term operations. Numerous efforts have been made to address these issues arising from impurities in the seawater. This review focuses on recent progress in developing high-performance electrodes and electrolyser designs for efficient seawater electrolysis. Its aim is to provide a systematic and insightful introduction and discussion on seawater electrolysers and electrodes with the hope of promoting the utilization of offshore renewable energy sources through seawater electrolysis.
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- Fan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Far-Shore Wind Power Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311122, China; (F.Z.); (X.C.); (S.Z.)
- Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Qianwan Institute of CNITECH, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems of Bulgaria Academic Science (IEES), Akad. G. Bonchev 10, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolysers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Ningbo 315201, China; (Y.Z.); (Y.T.); (Z.T.); (Q.Y.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhou E, Zhang X, Zhu L, Chai E, Chen J, Li J, Yuan D, Kang L, Sun Q, Wang Y. Ultrathin covalent organic framework nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic water oxidation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk8564. [PMID: 38232160 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk8564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Photocatalytic water oxidation is a key half-reaction for various solar-to-fuel conversion systems but requires simultaneous water affinity and hole accumulation at the photocatalytic site. Here, we present the rational design and synthesis of an ionic-type covalent organic framework (COF) named tetraphenylporphyrin cobalt and cobalt bipyridine complex (CoTPP-CoBpy3) COF, combining cobalt porphyrin and cobalt bipyridine building blocks as a photocatalyst for water oxidation. The good dispersibility of porous large-size (>2 micrometers) COF nanosheets (≈1.45 nanometers) facilitates local water collection; the ultrafast triplet-state charge transfer (1.8 picoseconds) and prolonged charge separation (1.2 nanoseconds) further contribute to the efficient accumulation of holes in the CoTPP moiety, leading to a photocatalytic dioxygen production rate of 7323 micromoles per gram per hour. Moreover, we have identified an end-on superoxide radical (O2·) intermediate at the active site of the CoTPP moiety and proposed an electron-intermediate cascade mechanism that elucidates the synergistic coupling of electron relay (S1-T1-T1') and intermediate evolution during the photocatalytic process.
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- Enbo Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108 Fujian, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, 243002 Anhui, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Engineering Plus, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108 Fujian, P. R. China
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Tan K, Yu T, Zhai Z, Wen H, Zou Y, Yin S. Interface Engineering of PtZn Alloy and Nb 2O 5 for Promoting Ammonia Oxidation Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:788-796. [PMID: 38196171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Ammonia electrolysis is a promising technology to obtain green hydrogen with zero-carbon emission, in which ammonia oxidation reaction (AOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) occur at the anode and cathode, respectively. However, the lack of efficient catalysts hinders its practical application. Herein, PtZn alloy is combined with Nb2O5 to construct a bifunctional heterostructure catalyst (PtZn-Nb2O5/C). The optimal sample with Nb2O5 content of 7.05 wt % demonstrates the best performance with a peak current density of 304.1 mA mg-1Pt for AOR, and it is only reduced by 17.0% after 4000 cycles of durability tests. For HER, it has a low overpotential of 34 mV at -10 mA cm-2 under the alkaline condition. This can be ascribed to the interfacial interaction between the PtZn alloy and Nb2O5, which adjusts the adsorption behavior of OHad to concurrently promote AOR and HER activity. This work thus proposes a viable strategy to design an efficient bifunctional catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia electrolysis.
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- Kexin Tan
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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Fu E, Gong F, Wang S, Xiao R. Chemical Looping Technology in Mild-Condition Ammonia Production: A Comprehensive Review and Analysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305095. [PMID: 37653614 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Ammonia is an efficient and clean hydrogen carrier that promises to tackle the increasing energy and environmental problems. However, more than 90% of ammonia is produced by the Haber-Bosch process, and its enormous energy consumption and CO2 emissions require the development of novel alternatives. Chemical looping technology can decouple the one-step ammonia synthesis reaction into separated nitridation and hydrogenation processes at atmospheric pressure, thereby achieving the mild ammonia synthesis based on renewable energy. The strategy of stepwise reactions circumvents the problem of competing adsorption of N2 and H2 /H2 O at the active sites and provides additive freedom for optimal regulation of sub-reactions. This review introduces the concept and mechanism of chemical looping ammonia production (CLAP), and comprehensively summarizes the state-of-art research from the perspective of reaction pathways and nitrogen carriers. The challenges faced by CLAP and strategies to address them in terms of nitrogen carriers, methods, equipment, and technological processes are also proposed.
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- Enkang Fu
- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
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Kou L, Wang Y, Song J, Ai T, Wattanapaphawong P, Kajiyoshi K. Enhancing the performance of aqueous zinc ion battery cathodes with a floral spherical V 5O 12·6H 2O/V 6O 13/CNT nanocomposite. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:31003-31011. [PMID: 37938867 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05077g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) offer a promising approach for electrical energy storage, combining cost-effectiveness and enhanced thermal safety. However, the cathode material, vanadium oxide, while known for its excellent theoretical specific capacity, faces a challenge in terms of its poor electronic conductance. In this study, we present a novel strategy to address this limitation by constructing the V5O12·6H2O/V6O13/CNT (VOH/CNT) nanocomposite, resulting in significantly improved electrochemical performance. This nanocomposite was synthesized through a facile solvothermal method, yielding a unique floral spherical structure featuring a central cluster and multiple smaller groupings. The integration of CNTs into the composite significantly enhanced its electronic conductance, effectively mitigating the electronic conductance issue associated with vanadium oxide. Moreover, the composite retains crystalline water within its structure, playing a crucial role in providing a favorable ion-conductive pathway. Consequently, the VOH/CNT nanocomposite exhibits an impressive reversible capacity of 201 mA h g-1 at 50 mA g-1, surpassing that of VOH (116 mA h g-1). Remarkably, even at a high current density, the VOH/CNT nanocomposite demonstrates an exceptional capacity retention, maintaining a capacity of 150 mA h g-1 over 500 cycles at 1 A g-1. Its outstanding electrochemical performance can be attributed to its distinctive structural arrangement, the conductive network facilitated by CNTs, and the introduced crystalline water component.
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- Lingjiang Kou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China.
- Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Kochi, 780-8081, Japan.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China.
- Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Kochi, 780-8081, Japan.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China.
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- Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Kochi, 780-8081, Japan.
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- Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Kochi, 780-8081, Japan.
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Li H, Gong Y, Yang H, Yang X, Li K, Wang J, Hosono H. Ammonia Synthesis on Ternary LaSi-based Electrides: Tuning the Catalytic Mechanism by the Third Metal. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202301016. [PMID: 37584595 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Intermetallic electrides have recently drawn considerable attention due to their unique electronic structure and high catalytic performance for the activation of inert chemical bonds under mild conditions. However, the relationship between electride (anionic) electron abundance and catalytic performance is undefined; the key deciding factor for the performance of intermetallic electride catalysts remains to be addressed. Here, the secret behind electride catalysts La-TM-Si (TM=Co, Fe and Mn) with the same crystal structure but different anionic electrons was studied. Unexpectedly, LaCoSi with the least anionic electrons showed the best catalytic activity. The experiments and first-principles calculations showed that the electride anions promote the N2 dissociation which alters the rate-determining step (RDS) for ammonia synthesis on the studied electrides. Different reaction mechanisms were found for La-TM-Si (TM=Fe, Co) and LaMnSi. A dual-site module was revealed for LaCoSi and LaFeSi, in which transition metals were available for the N2 dissociation and La accelerates the NHx formation, respectively, breaking the Sabatier scaling relation. For LaMnSi, which is the most efficient for the N2 activation, the activity for ammonia synthesis is limited and confined by the scaling relations. The findings provide new insight into the working mechanism of intermetallic electrides.
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- Hongchen Li
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, P. R. China
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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Dong A, Lin Y, Guo Y, Chen D, Wang X, Ge Y, Li Q, Qian J. Immobilization of iron phthalocyanine on MOF-derived N-doped carbon for promoting oxygen reduction in zinc-air battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:2056-2064. [PMID: 37330332 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Functional carbon nanomaterials play a crucial role in the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for sustainable fuel cells and metal-air batteries. In this study, we propose an effective approach to immobilize iron phthalocyanines (FePc) by employing a porous N-doped carbon material, denoted as NC-1000, derived from a sheet-shaped coordination polymer. The resulting NC-1000 possesses substantial porosity and abundant pore defects. The nitrogen sites within NC-1000 not only facilitate FePc adsorption but also optimize the electron distribution at the Fe-N site. The FePc@NC-1000 composite material exhibits a significant number of active centers in the form of Fe-N4 moieties, showcasing satisfactory ORR activity. Specifically, it demonstrates an onset potential of 0.99 V, a positive half-wave potential of 0.86 V, a large limiting current of 5.96 mA cm-2, and a small Tafel slope of 44.41 mV dec-1. Additionally, theoretical calculations and experimental results confirm the favorable performance and durability of zinc-air batteries assembled using FePc@NC-1000, thereby highlighting their considerable potential for practical applications. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive exploration of the enhanced catalytic performance and increased stability of metal-organic framework-derived functional carbon nanomaterials as cost-effective, efficient, and stable catalysts for the ORR.
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- Anrui Dong
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China
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- Comprehensive Technical Service Center of Wenzhou Customs, Wenzhou, 325000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, Yunnan 657000, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, PR China.
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Arroyo-Caire J, Diaz-Perez MA, Lara-Angulo MA, Serrano-Ruiz JC. A Conceptual Approach for the Design of New Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis: A Metal-Support Interactions Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2914. [PMID: 37999267 PMCID: PMC10674330 DOI: 10.3390/nano13222914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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The growing interest in green ammonia production has spurred the development of new catalysts with the potential to carry out the Haber-Bosch process under mild pressure and temperature conditions. While there is a wide experimental background on new catalysts involving transition metals, supports and additives, the fundamentals behind ammonia synthesis performance on these catalysts remained partially unsolved. Here, we review the most important works developed to date and analyze the traditional catalysts for ammonia synthesis, as well as the influence of the electron transfer properties of the so-called 3rd-generation catalysts. Finally, the importance of metal-support interactions is highlighted as an effective pathway for the design of new materials with potential to carry out ammonia synthesis at low temperatures and pressures.
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- Materials and Sustainability Group, Department of Engineering, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Avda. de las Universidades s/n, Dos Hermanas, 41704 Seville, Spain; (J.A.-C.); (M.A.D.-P.); (M.A.L.-A.)
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Li Z, Lu Y, Li J, Xu M, Qi Y, Park SW, Kitano M, Hosono H, Chen JS, Ye TN. Multiple reaction pathway on alkaline earth imide supported catalysts for efficient ammonia synthesis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6373. [PMID: 37821432 PMCID: PMC10567757 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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The tunability of reaction pathways is required for exploring efficient and low cost catalysts for ammonia synthesis. There is an obstacle by the limitations arising from scaling relation for this purpose. Here, we demonstrate that the alkali earth imides (AeNH) combined with transition metal (TM = Fe, Co and Ni) catalysts can overcome this difficulty by utilizing functionalities arising from concerted role of active defects on the support surface and loaded transition metals. These catalysts enable ammonia production through multiple reaction pathways. The reaction rate of Co/SrNH is as high as 1686.7 mmol·gCo-1·h-1 and the TOFs reaches above 500 h-1 at 400 °C and 0.9 MPa, outperforming other reported Co-based catalysts as well as the benchmark Cs-Ru/MgO catalyst and industrial wüstite-based Fe catalyst under the same reaction conditions. Experimental and theoretical results show that the synergistic effect of nitrogen affinity of 3d TMs and in-situ formed NH2- vacancy of alkali earth imides regulate the reaction pathways of the ammonia production, resulting in distinct catalytic performance different from 3d TMs. It was thus demonstrated that the appropriate combination of metal and support is essential for controlling the reaction pathway and realizing highly active and low cost catalysts for ammonia synthesis.
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- Zichuang Li
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Sources, Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Ferrer Campos R, Bachimanchi H, Volpe G, Villa K. Bubble-propelled micromotors for ammonia generation. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:15785-15793. [PMID: 37740381 PMCID: PMC10551873 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03804a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Micromotors have emerged as promising tools for environmental remediation, thanks to their ability to autonomously navigate and perform specific tasks at the microscale. In this study, we present the development of MnO2 tubular micromotors modified with laccase for enhanced oxidation of organic pollutants by providing an additional oxidative catalytic pathway for pollutant removal. These modified micromotors exhibit efficient ammonia generation through the catalytic decomposition of urea, suggesting their potential application in the field of green energy generation. Compared to bare micromotors, the MnO2 micromotors modified with laccase exhibit a 20% increase in rhodamine B degradation. Moreover, the generation of ammonia increased from 2 to 31 ppm in only 15 min, evidencing their high catalytic activity. To enable precise tracking of the micromotors and measurement of their speed, a deep-learning-based tracking system was developed. Overall, this work expands the potential applicability of bio-catalytic tubular micromotors in the energy field.
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- Rebeca Ferrer Campos
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona E-43007, Spain.
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden.
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden.
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona E-43007, Spain.
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He F, Hou M, Du Z, Zhu F, Cao X, Ding Y, Zhou Y, Liu M, Chen Y. Self-Construction of Efficient Interfaces Ensures High-Performance Direct Ammonia Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2304957. [PMID: 37640369 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Direct ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) are highly efficient energy conversion devices since ammonia as a carbon-neutral hydrogen-rich carrier shows great potential for storage and long-distance transportation when compared with hydrogen fuel. However, traditional Ni-based anodes readily suffer from severe structural destruction and dramatic deactivation after long-time exposure to ammonia. Here a Sr2 Fe1.35 Mo0.45 Cu0.2 O6-δ (SFMC) anode catalytic layer (ACL) painted onto a Ni-BaZr0.1 Ce0.7 Y0.1 Yb0.1 O3- δ (BZCYYb) anode with enhanced catalytic activity and durability toward the direct utilization of ammonia is reported. A tubular Ni-BZCYYb anode-supported cells with the SFMC ACL show excellent peak power densities of 1.77 W cm-2 in wet H2 (3% H2 O) and 1.02 W cm-2 in NH3 at 650 °C. A relatively stable operation of the cells is obtained at 650 °C for 200 h in ammonia fuel. Such achieved improvements in the activity and durability are attributed to the self-constructed interfaces with the phases of NiCu or/and NiFe for efficient NH3 decomposition, resulting in a strong NH3 adsorption strength of the SFMC, as confirmed by NH3 thermal conversion and NH3 -temperature programmed desorption. This research offers a valuable strategy of applying an internal catalytic layer for highly active and durable ammonia PCFCs.
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- Fan He
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 382 East Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Liu J, He L, Zhao S, Hu L, Li S, Zhang Z, Du M. A Robust n-n Heterojunction: CuN and BN Boosting for Ambient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2302600. [PMID: 37322392 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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An n-n type heterojunction comprising with CuN and BN dual active sites is synthesized via in situ growth of a conductive metal-organic framework (MOF) [Cu3 (HITP)2 ] (HITP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene) on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets (hereafter denoted as Cu3 (HITP)2 @h-BN) for the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR). The optimized Cu3 (HITP)2 @h-BN shows the outstanding eNRR performance with the NH3 production of 146.2 µg h-1 mgcat -1 and the Faraday efficiency of 42.5% due to high porosity, abundant oxygen vacancies, and CuN/BN dual active sites. The construction of the n-n heterojunction efficiently modulates the state density of active metal sites toward the Fermi level, facilitating the charge transfer at the interface between the catalyst and reactant intermediates. Additionally, the pathway of NH3 production catalyzed by the Cu3 (HITP)2 @h-BN heterojunction is illustrated by in situ FT-IR spectroscopy and density functional theory calculation. This work presents an alternative approach to design advanced electrocatalysts based on conductive MOFs.
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- Jiameng Liu
- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Energy Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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Huang X, Lei K, Mi Y, Fang W, Li X. Recent Progress on Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Decomposition: Technical Roadmap and Catalytic Mechanism. Molecules 2023; 28:5245. [PMID: 37446906 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Ammonia decomposition has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its ability to produce hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide and the ease of ammonia storage. This paper reviews the recent developments in ammonia decomposition technologies for hydrogen production, focusing on the latest advances in catalytic materials and catalyst design, as well as the research progress in the catalytic reaction mechanism. Additionally, the paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each method and the importance of finding non-precious metals to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Overall, this paper provides a valuable reference for further research on ammonia decomposition for hydrogen production.
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- Xiangyong Huang
- School of Energy and Environment, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, China
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- School of Electrical and Energy Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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- School of Electrical and Energy Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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- School of Electrical and Energy Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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Liu H, Qin J, Mu J, Liu B. In situ interface engineered Co/NC derived from ZIF-67 as an efficient electrocatalyst for nitrate reduction to ammonia. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 636:134-140. [PMID: 36623366 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3-) reduction to ammonia (NH3) is a promising alternative approach for simultaneous NH3 green synthesis and NO3- contaminants removal. However, the complex eight-electron reaction requires catalysts with superb performance due to the low NH3 selectivity and yield. In this work, the Co nanoparticles decorated N-doped carbon (NC) by in situ interface engineering were prepared by deriving ZIF-67 at 800 ℃ (Co/NC-800) for the selective NH3 synthesis. This catalyst exhibits a remarkable performance and excellent cycle stability, achieving a great NH3 yield of 1352.5 μg h-1 mgcat-1 at -1.7 V vs Ag/AgCl, with a high NH3 selectivity of up to 98.2 %, and a maximum Faradic efficiency of 81.2 % at -1.2 V vs Ag/AgCl. Moreover, DFT calculation results indicate that the interfacial effect between Co nanoparticle and NC could enhance electron transfer, and the composite Co/NC-800 shows a lower adsorption and conversion free energy, which promotes the production of ammonia.
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- Hongfei Liu
- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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Liu J, He L, Zhao S, Li S, Hu L, Tian J, Ding J, Zhang Z, Du M. Plasma-Assisted Defect Engineering on p-n Heterojunction for High-Efficiency Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2205786. [PMID: 36683249 PMCID: PMC10015844 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A defect-rich 2D p-n heterojunction, Cox Ni3- x (HITP)2 /BNSs-P (HITP: 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene), is constructed using a semiconductive metal-organic framework (MOF) and boron nanosheets (BNSs) by in situ solution plasma modification. The heterojunction is an effective catalyst for the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) under ambient conditions. Interface engineering and plasma-assisted defects on the p-n Cox Ni3-x (HITP)2 /BNSs-P heterojunction led to the formation of both Co-N3 and B…O dual-active sites. As a result, Cox Ni3-x (HITP)2 /BNSs-P has a high NH3 yield of 128.26 ± 2.27 µg h-1 mgcat. -1 and a Faradaic efficiency of 52.92 ± 1.83% in 0.1 m HCl solution. The catalytic mechanism for the eNRR is also studied by in situ FTIR spectra and DFT calculations. A Cox Ni3- x (HITP)2 /BNSs-P-based Zn-N2 battery achieved an unprecedented power output with a peak power density of 5.40 mW cm-2 and an energy density of 240 mA h gzn -1 in 0.1 m HCl. This study establishes an efficient strategy for the rational design, using defect and interfacial engineering, of advanced eNRR catalysts for ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions.
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- Jiameng Liu
- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical EngineeringInstitute of New Energy Science and TechnologySchool of Future Hydrogen Energy TechnologyZhengzhou University of Light IndustryZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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Liao W, Liu K, Wang J, Stefancu A, Chen Q, Wu K, Zhou Y, Li H, Mei L, Li M, Fu J, Miyauchi M, Cortés E, Liu M. Boosting Nitrogen Activation via Ag Nanoneedle Arrays for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis. ACS NANO 2023; 17:411-420. [PMID: 36524975 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (eNRR) provides a promising carbon-neutral and sustainable ammonia-synthesizing alternative to the Haber-Bosch process. However, the nonpolar N2 has significant thermodynamic stability and requires ultrahigh energy to break down the N≡N bond. Here, we report the construction of local enhanced electric fields (LEEFs) by Ag nanoneedle arrays to promote N≡N fracture thus assisting the eNRR. The LEEFs could induce charge polarization on nitrogen atoms and reduce the energy barrier in the N2 first-protonation step. The detected N─N and N─H intermediates prove the cleavage of the N≡N bond and the hydrogenation of N2 by LEEFs. The increased LEEFs lead to logarithmic growth rates for the targeted eNRR and exponential growth rates for the unavoidable competitive hydrogen evolution reaction. Thus, regulation and tuning of LEEFs to ∼4 × 104 kV m-1 endows the raise of eNRR to the summit, achieving high ammonia selectivity with a Faradaic efficiency of 72.3 ± 4.0%.
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- Wanru Liao
- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Nanoinstitut München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München80539, Germany
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- College of Science & Ministry-province jointly constructed Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Processing for Mom-ferrous Metal and Featured Materials & Key Lab. of Nonferrous Materials and New Processing Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin541004, P. R. China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo152-8552, Japan
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- Nanoinstitut München, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München80539, Germany
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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Kang S, Cha J, Jo YS, Lee YJ, Sohn H, Kim Y, Song CK, Kim Y, Lim DH, Park J, Yoon CW. Heteroepitaxial Growth of B 5 -Site-Rich Ru Nanoparticles Guided by Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Low-Temperature Ammonia Dehydrogenation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2203364. [PMID: 35853218 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ruthenium is one of the most active catalysts for ammonia dehydrogenation and is essential for the use of ammonia as a hydrogen storage material. The B5 -type site on the surface of ruthenium is expected to exhibit the highest catalytic activity for ammonia dehydrogenation, but the number of these sites is typically low. Here, a B5 -site-rich ruthenium catalyst is synthesized by exploiting the crystal symmetry of a hexagonal boron nitride support. In the prepared ruthenium catalyst, ruthenium nanoparticles are formed epitaxially on hexagonal boron nitride sheets with hexagonal planar morphologies, in which the B5 sites predominate along the nanoparticle edges. By activating the catalyst under the reaction condition, the population of B5 sites further increases as the facets of the ruthenium nanoparticles develop. The electron density of the Ru nanoparticles also increases during catalyst activation. The synthesized catalyst shows superior catalytic activity for ammonia dehydrogenation compared to previously reported catalysts. This work demonstrates that morphology control of a catalyst via support-driven heteroepitaxy can be exploited for synthesizing highly active heterogeneous catalysts with tailored atomic structures.
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- Sungsu Kang
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Engineering Research, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, 16229, Republic of Korea
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- Hydrogen and Low Carbon Research Laboratories, Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
- Hydrogen and Low Carbon Energy R&D Laboratories, POSCO N.EX.T Hub, Seoul, 06194, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Zhang S, Zhao Y, Miao Y, Xu Y, Ran J, Wang Z, Weng Y, Zhang T. Understanding Aerobic Nitrogen Photooxidation on Titania through In Situ Time-Resolved Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202211469. [PMID: 36264279 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Nitrate is an important raw material for chemical fertilizers, but it is industrially manufactured in multiple steps at high temperature and pressure, urgently motivating the design of a green and sustainable strategy for nitrate production. We report the photosynthesis of nitrate from N2 and O2 on commercial TiO2 in a flow reactor under ambient conditions. The TiO2 photocatalyst offered a high nitrate yield of 1.85 μmol h-1 as well as a solar-to-nitrate energy conversion efficiency up to 0.13 %. We combined reactivity and in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to elucidate the mechanism of nitrate formation and unveil the special role of O2 in N≡N bond dissociation. The mechanistic insight into charge-involved N2 oxidation was further demonstrated by in situ transient absorption spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance. This work exhibits the mechanistic origin of N2 photooxidation and initiates a potential method for triggering inert catalytic reactions.
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- Shuai Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA5005, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA5005, Australia
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Wang B, Shen L. Recent Advances in NH 3 Synthesis with Chemical Looping Technology. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Baoyi Wang
- School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing210096, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing210096, China
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Wang W, Duan J, Liu Y, Zhai T. Structural Reconstruction of Catalysts in Electroreduction Reaction: Identifying, Understanding, and Manipulating. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2110699. [PMID: 35460124 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electroreduction transformation of small molecules (CO2 , N2 , and H2 O) into chemical feedstocks offers a promising approach to eliminate carbon emissions and harness renewable energy. Most cathodic catalysts often undergo structural transformation under operating electroreduction conditions. These structural reconstructions are reflected in changes in their catalytic activity. In-depth understanding of the change of active sites and influence parameters of reconstruction behaviors is an essential precondition for the design of highly efficient catalysts. Despite the previous achievements, comprehensive insight toward the structural evolution mechanism in cathodic catalysts, compared to anode ones, under reaction conditions is still lacking. Herein, an overview of structural reconstruction for cathodic catalysts in terms of fundamental mechanisms, reconstruction process, advanced characterizations, and influencing parameters is provided. On this basis, the typical strategies for manipulating the structural reconfiguration of catalysts are also explicitly discussed from the catalyst structure and working environment. By delivering the mechanism, strategies, insights, and techniques, this review will provide a comprehensive understanding of the structural reconstruction of cathodic catalysts in electroreduction reactions and future guidelines for their rational development.
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- Wenbin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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Ou S, Meng T, Xie Z, Feng J, Wang Q, Zhou D, Liu Z, Wang K, Meng C, Tong Y. Rational Design of Silicon Nanodots/Carbon Anodes by Partial Oxidization Strategy with High-Performance Lithium-Ion Storage. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:48801-48811. [PMID: 36263682 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Silicon (Si) is considered a promising anode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity, low working potential, and safety features. However, the practical use of Si-based anodes is hampered by their huge volume expansion during the process of lithiation/delithiation, and they have relatively low intrinsic electronic conductivity, therefore seriously restricting their application in energy storage. Here, we propose a facile approach to directly transform siliceous biomass (bamboo leaves) into a porous carbon skeleton-wrapped Si nanodot architecture through a partial oxidization strategy and magnesium thermal reaction to obtain a high Si nanodot component composite (denoted as Si/C-O). With the synergistic effect of the porous carbon skeleton structure and uniformly dispersed Si nanodots, the Si/C-O composite anode with a stable structure that can avoid pulverization and accommodate volume expansion during cycling is fabricated. As expected, the biomass-converted Si/C-O anode not only presents a high Si component (59.7 wt %) by TGA but also exhibits an excellent capacity of 1013 mAh g-1 at 0.5 A g-1 and robust cycling stability with a capacity retention of 526 mAh g-1 after 650 cycles. Moreover, the Si/C-O anode demonstrates considerable performance in practical LIBs when assembled with a commercial LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 cathode. This work provides an effective strategy and long-term insights into the utilization of porous Si-based materials converted by biomass to design and synthesize high-performance LIB materials.
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- Shanqiang Ou
- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian116024, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry, Dalian University, Dalian116024, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, People's Republic of China
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Cai Y, Liu W, Yu Y, Liu L, Pei Q, Wu H, He T, Guo J, Wu A, Chen P. Transition Metal-Free Hydrogenolysis of Anilines to Arenes Mediated by Lithium Hydride. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17441-17448. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yongli Cai
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Investigation on Spectral Characteristics of Gliding Arc Plasma Assisted Ammonia Lean Combustion. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10091750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ammonia as a non-carbon fuel is expected to play an important role in the future, but it is difficult to be effectively utilized at this stage due to its flame retardancy and other characteristics. Therefore, we propose to use gliding arc plasma combined with a swirl burner to enhance the combustion performance of ammonia. The electrical characteristics, electron density, gas rotational temperature and the distribution of key active species in the burner were studied via optical emission spectroscopy (OES). With the increase of equivalence ratio (EQR), the width of the Hα line decreases significantly, indicating that the electron density shows a downward trend, even as the gas rotational temperature shows an upward trend. When the equivalence ratio was 0.5, the gas rotational temperature increases by about 320 K compared with the pure air condition. During pure air discharge, there will still be obvious NO emission due to the plasma reaction, but with the addition of NH3, the NO content in the emission is significantly reduced. The light intensity of O atoms in the burner gradually decreases with the increase of the equivalence ratio, the light intensity of H atoms increases first and then decreases, and the light intensity of NH shows an upward trend. The reason may be that the plasma discharge effectively strengthens NH3(E)->NH2+H, NH2+H->NH+H2 and other reactions promote the initial reaction step of NH3 which thus effectively strengthens the NH3 combustion.
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Fan J, Li W, Li S, Yang J. High-Throughput Screening of Bicationic Redox Materials for Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2202811. [PMID: 35871554 PMCID: PMC9507380 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ammonia recently has gained increasing attention as a carrier for the efficient and safe usage of hydrogen to further advance the hydrogen economy. However, there is a pressing need to develop new ammonia synthesis techniques to overcome the problem of intense energy consumption associated with the widely used Haber-Bosch process. Chemical looping ammonia synthesis (CLAS) is a promising approach to tackle this problem, but the ideal redox materials to drive these chemical looping processes are yet to be discovered. Here, by mining the well-established MP database, the reaction free energies for CLAS involving 1699 bicationic inorganic redox pairs are screened to comprehensively investigate their potentials as efficient redox materials in four different CLAS schemes. A state-of-the-art machine learning strategy is further deployed to significantly widen the chemical space for discovering the promising redox materials from more than half a million candidates. Most importantly, using the three-step H2 O-CL as an example, a new metric is introduced to determine bicationic redox pairs that are "cooperatively enhanced" compared to their corresponding monocationic counterparts. It is found that bicationic compounds containing a combination of alkali/alkaline-earth metals and transition metal (TM)/post-TM/metalloid elements are compounds that are particularly promising in this respect.
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- Jiaxin Fan
- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
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- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
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- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
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- Materials and Manufacturing Futures InstituteSchool of Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
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Afzal J, Fu Y, Luan TX, Su Z, Li PZ. Highly Effective Proton-Conductive Matrix-Mixed Membrane Based on a -SO 3H-Functionalized Polyphosphazene. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:10503-10511. [PMID: 35976224 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A polyphosphazene with in-built -SO3H moieties (PP-PhSO3H) was facilely synthesized by the polymeric combination of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP) and sulfonate p-phenylenediamine. Characterization reveals that it is a highly stable amorphous polymer. Proton conductivity investigations showed that the synthesized PP-PhSO3H exhibits a proton conductivity of up to 6.64 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 353 K and 98% relative humidity (RH). This value is almost 2 orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding value for its -SO3H-free analogue, PP-Ph, which is 1.72 × 10-4 S cm-1 when measured under the same condition. Consequently, matrix-mixed membranes (labeled PP-PhSO3H-PAN) were further prepared by mixing PP-PhSO3H with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) in different ratios to test its potential application in the proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The analysis results indicate that when the weight ratio of PP-PhSO3H/PAN is 3:1 [named PP-PhSO3H-PAN (3:1)], its proton conductivity can reach up to 5.05 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 353 K and 98% RH, which is even comparable with those of proton-conductive electrolytes currently used in PEM fuel cells. Furthermore, the continuous test demonstrates that the PP-PhSO3H-PAN (3:1) has long-life reusability. This research reveals that by using phosphazene and sulfonated multiple-amine modules as precursors, organic polymers with excellent proton conductivity for the assembly of matrix-mixed membranes in PEM fuel cells can be easily synthesized by a simple polymeric process.
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- Jamal Afzal
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No.27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No.27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No.27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
- Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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Gorky F, Nguyen HM, Lucero JM, Guthrie S, Crawford JM, Carreon MA, Carreon ML. CC3 porous organic cage crystals and membranes for the non-thermal plasma catalytic ammonia synthesis. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Afzal J, Fu Y, Luan TX, Zhang D, Li Y, Li H, Cheng K, Su Z, Li PZ. Facile construction of a highly proton-conductive matrix-mixed membrane based on a -SO 3H functionalized polyamide. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:5518-5523. [PMID: 35848897 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00451h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Developing a facile strategy to construct low-cost and efficient proton-conductive electrolytes is pivotal in the practical application of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Herein, a polyamide with in-built -SO3H moieties, PA(PhSO3H)2, was synthesized via a simple one-pot polymeric acylation process. Investigations via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements revealed that the fabricated PA(PhSO3H)2 displays a proton conductivity of up to 5.54 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 353 K under 98% relative humidity (RH), which is more than 2 orders of magnitude higher than that of its -SO3H-free analogue PA(Ph)2 (2.38 × 10-4 S cm-1) under the same conditions. Therefore, after mixing with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) at different ratios, PA(PhSO3H)2-based matrix-mixed membranes were subsequently made and the analysis results revealed that the proton conductivity can reach up to 5.82 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 353 K and 98% RH when the weight ratio of PA(PhSO3H)2 : PAN is in 3 : 1 (labeled as PA(PhSO3H)2-PAN(3 : 1)), the value of which is comparable even to those of commercially available electrolytes that are used in PEM fuel cells. In addition, continuous testing shows that PA(PhSO3H)2-PAN(3 : 1) possesses long-life reusability. This work demonstrates that, utilizing the simple reaction of polymeric acylation with a sulfonated module as a precursor, highly effective proton-conductive membranes for PEM fuel cells can be achieved in a facile manner.
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- Jamal Afzal
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
- Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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Smita Biswas S, Chakraborty S, Saha A, Eswaramoorthy M. Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia Under Ambient Conditions: Stakes and Challenges. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200139. [PMID: 35866503 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Aqueous electrochemical nitrogen reduction (ENR) to ammonia (NH3 ) under ambient conditions is considered as an alternative to the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process for ammonia production. Many metal, non-metal, carbon-based materials along with metal-chalcogenides, metal-nitrides have been explored for their ENR activity. The reported NH3 production through ENR is still in the micro-gram level and often falls in the range of NH3 and NOx contaminations from the surrounding. The quantification of NH3 at very low concentration possess enormous challenge in this field and thus many reported ENR electrocatalysts suffer from reproducibility issue. This review highlights in detail the challenges associated with ENR in aqueous medium and necessitates standardization of protocols to quantify the low concentration of NH3 free of false-positives. It concludes the prospects of electrochemical NH3 production through lithium-mediated N2 reduction.
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- Suchi Smita Biswas
- Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), JNCASR, Bengaluru, 560064, India
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- Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), JNCASR, Bengaluru, 560064, India
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- Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), JNCASR, Bengaluru, 560064, India
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- Nanomaterials and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), JNCASR, Bengaluru, 560064, India.,International Centre for Materials Science, JNCASR, Bengaluru, 560064, India
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Zhang M, Cui L, Mao Q, Wang Z, Yu H, Xu Y, Li X, Wang L, Wang H. Heterogeneous Pd-PdO mesoporous film for ammonia electrosynthesis. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:385703. [PMID: 35667346 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac75f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Exploring cost-effective and highly active electrocatalysts is of great significance for sustainable electrochemical NH3synthesis. Palladium (Pd)-based catalysts have been unanimously considered as one of the most efficient catalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Herein, self-supported mesoporous Pd film with partial oxidation on Ni foam (mPd-PdO/NF) was synthesized through the micelle-assisted chemical replacement method coupled with air oxidation under 260 °C, and the mPd-PdO/NF electrocatalyst exhibited superior NRR performance with the maximum values ofrNH3(24.8 mg h-1mgcat.-1) and FE (16.64%) were obtained at -0.1 V, relative to the single counterparts (mPd/NF and mPdO/NF). It is proposed that both metallic Pd and its oxide domains when co-existing with a phase boundary between them can facilitate nitrogen activation and hydrogenation, resulting in an enhanced NRR performance. This work provides an inspiring strategy for the rational design of highly active and durable metal-metal-oxide nanoarchitectonics for ammonia electrosynthesis.
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- Mei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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Afzal J, Fu Y, Luan TX, Su Z, Li PZ. Highly Effective Proton-Conduction Matrix-Mixed Membrane Derived from an -SO3H Functionalized Polyamide. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27134110. [PMID: 35807357 PMCID: PMC9268481 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27134110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Developing a low-cost and effective proton-conductive electrolyte to meet the requirements of the large-scale manufacturing of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells is of great significance in progressing towards the upcoming “hydrogen economy” society. Herein, utilizing the one-pot acylation polymeric combination of acyl chloride and amine precursors, a polyamide with in-built -SO3H moieties (PA-PhSO3H) was facilely synthesized. Characterization shows that it possesses a porous feature and a high stability at the practical operating conditions of PEM fuel cells. Investigations of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements revealed that the fabricated PA-PhSO3H displays a proton conductivity of up to 8.85 × 10−2 S·cm−1 at 353 K under 98% relative humidity (RH), which is more than two orders of magnitude higher than that of its -SO3H-free analogue, PA-Ph (6.30 × 10−4 S·cm−1), under the same conditions. Therefore, matrix-mixed membranes were fabricated by mixing with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) in different ratios, and the EIS analyses revealed that its proton conductivity can reach up to 4.90 × 10−2 S·cm−1 at 353 K and a 98% relative humidity (RH) when the weight ratio of PA-PhSO3H:PAN is 3:1 (labeled as PA-PhSO3H-PAN (3:1)), the value of which is even comparable with those of commercial-available electrolytes being used in PEM fuel cells. Additionally, continuous tests showed that PA-PhSO3H-PAN (3:1) possesses a long-life reusability. This work demonstrates, using the simple acylation reaction with the sulfonated module as precursor, that low-cost and highly effective proton-conductive electrolytes for PEM fuel cells can be facilely achieved.
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- Jamal Afzal
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, China; (J.A.); (T.-X.L.)
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, China; (Y.F.); (Z.S.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, China; (J.A.); (T.-X.L.)
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, China; (Y.F.); (Z.S.)
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, China; (J.A.); (T.-X.L.)
- Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Xiong W, Zhou M, Huang X, Yang W, Zhang D, Lv Y, Li H. Direct In Situ Vertical Growth of Interlaced Mesoporous NiO Nanosheets on Carbon Felt for Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200779. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Wei Xiong
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process (Ministry of Education) Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor &Green Chemical Technology School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan 430205 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process (Ministry of Education) Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor &Green Chemical Technology School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan 430205 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process (Ministry of Education) Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor &Green Chemical Technology School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan 430205 China
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- Department of Power Engineering School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering North China Electric Power University Baoding 071003 China
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- Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute Wuhan 430071 China
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- College of Chemical Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 China
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) Tohoku University Sendai 980-8577 Japan
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Contreras E, Nixon R, Litts C, Zhang W, Alcorn FM, Jain PK. Plasmon-Assisted Ammonia Electrosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10743-10751. [PMID: 35671395 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Ammonia is a promising liquid-phase carrier for the storage, transport, and deployment of carbon-free energy. However, the realization of an ammonia economy is predicated on the availability of green methods for the production of ammonia powered by electricity from renewable sources or by solar energy. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of ammonium from nitrate powered by a synergistic combination of electricity and light. We use an electrocatalyst composed of gold nanoparticles, which have dual attributes of electrochemical nitrate reduction activity and visible-light-harvesting ability due to their localized surface plasmon resonances. Plasmonic excitation of the electrocatalyst induces ammonium synthesis with up to a 15× boost in activity relative to conventional electrocatalysis. We devise a strategy to account for the effect of photothermal heating of the electrode surface, which allows the observed enhancement to be attributed to non-thermal effects such as energetic carriers and charged interfaces induced by plasmonic excitation. The synergy between electrochemical activation and plasmonic activation is the most optimal at a potential close to the onset of nitrate reduction. Plasmon-assisted electrochemistry presents an opportunity for conventional limits of electrocatalytic conversion to be surpassed due to non-equilibrium conditions generated by plasmonic excitation.
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- Enrique Contreras
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Kim DW, Kang DW, Kang M, Choi DS, Yun H, Kim SY, Lee SM, Lee JH, Hong CS. High Gravimetric and Volumetric Ammonia Capacities in Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks Prepared via Double Postsynthetic Modification. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:9672-9683. [PMID: 35608536 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ammonia is a promising energy vector that can store the high energy density of hydrogen. For this reason, numerous adsorbents have been investigated as ammonia storage materials, but ammonia adsorbents with a high gravimetric/volumetric ammonia capacity that can be simultaneously regenerated in an energy-efficient manner remain underdeveloped, which hampers their practical implementation. Herein, we report Ni_acryl_TMA (TMA = thiomallic acid), an acidic group-functionalized metal-organic framework prepared via successive postsynthetic modifications of mesoporous Ni2Cl2BTDD (BTDD = bis(1H-1,2,3,-triazolo [4,5-b],-[4',5'-i]) dibenzo[1,4]dioxin). By virtue of the densely located acid groups, Ni_acryl_TMA exhibited a top-tier gravimetric ammonia capacity of 23.5 mmol g-1 and the highest ammonia storage of 0.39 g cm-3 at 1 bar and 298 K. The structural integrity and ammonia storage capacity of Ni_acryl_TMA were maintained after ammonia adsorption-desorption tests over five cycles. Temperature-programmed desorption analysis revealed that the moderate strength of the interaction between the functional groups and ammonia significantly reduced the desorption temperature compared to that of the pristine framework with open metal sites. The structures of the postsynthetic modified analogues were elucidated based on Pawley/Rietveld refinement of the synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction patterns and van der Waals (vdW)-corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Furthermore, the ammonia adsorption mechanism was investigated via in situ infrared and vdW-corrected DFT calculations, revealing an atypical guest-induced binding mode transformation of the integrated carboxylate. Dynamic breakthrough tests showed that Ni_acryl_TMA can selectively capture traces of ammonia under both dry and wet conditions (80% relative humidity). These results demonstrate that Ni_acryl_TMA is a superior ammonia storage/capture material.
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- Dae Won Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Cui Y, Yang H, Dai C, Ren P, Song C, Ma X. Coupling of LaFeO 3–Plasma Catalysis and Cu +/Cu 0 Electrocatalysis for Direct Ammonia Synthesis from Air. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yi Cui
- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
- International Science & Technology Cooperation Base for Clean Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources, Chemical Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Use Technology of Shanbei Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Development of Energy and Chemical Industry in Northern Shaanxi, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, P.R. China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Liquids, Synfuels China Co., Ltd., Beijing 101400, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
- International Science & Technology Cooperation Base for Clean Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources, Chemical Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Use Technology of Shanbei Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Development of Energy and Chemical Industry in Northern Shaanxi, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, P.R. China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Liquids, Synfuels China Co., Ltd., Beijing 101400, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
- International Science & Technology Cooperation Base for Clean Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources, Chemical Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Use Technology of Shanbei Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Development of Energy and Chemical Industry in Northern Shaanxi, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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Yang XJ, Wen Z, Wang ZL, Jiang Q. Os 1 B 11 N 12 /C 2 N as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202102648. [PMID: 35182041 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ammonia is one of the most important fertilizer feedstocks and chemical precursor besides a promising hydrogen carrier. However, the electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia is impeded by the low selectivity and high limiting potential of reported catalysts. Herein, the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) on Os-doped BN cluster supported on C2 N (Os1 B11 N12 /C2 N) was investigated systematically based on density functional theory calculations. It was found that the adjustment of BN cluster on the upper d-band edge of Os atom enabled the optimal adsorption strength for NRR intermediates. Consequently, Os1 B11 N12 /C2 N exhibited high catalytic activity for NRR with the limiting potential of -0.34 V and a remarkable suppressive effect on the hydrogen evolution reaction. This work is not only beneficial for understanding the mechanism of NRR but also provides a fundamental guidance for rational design of catalysts for NRR.
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- Xue J Yang
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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Gong Z, Zhong W, He Z, Jia C, Zhou D, Zhang N, Kang X, Chen Y. Improving electrochemical nitrate reduction activity of layered perovskite oxide La2CuO4 via B-site doping. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2022.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Li S, Shao Y, Chen H, Fan X. Nonthermal Plasma Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis over a Ni Catalyst Supported on MgO/SBA-15. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Shuncheng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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