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Li Q, Li W, Liu D, Ma Z, Ye Y, Zhang Y, Chen Q, Cheng Z, Chen Y, Sa R. Advancing electrochemical nitrogen reduction: Efficacy of two-dimensional SiP layered structures with single-atom transition metal catalysts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 668:399-411. [PMID: 38685165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.115] [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: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Researchers are interested in single-atom catalysts with atomically scattered metals relishing the enhanced electrocatalytic activity for nitrogen reduction and 100 % metal atom utilization. In this paper, we investigated 18 transition metals (TM) spanning 3d to 5d series as efficient nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) catalysts on defective 2D SiPV layered structures through first-principles calculation. A systematic screening identified Mo@SiPV, Nb@SiPV, Ta@SiPV and W@SiPV as superior, demonstrating enhanced ammonia synthesis with significantly lower limiting potentials (-0.25, -0.45, -0.49 and -0.15 V, respectively), compared to the benchmark -0.87 eV for the defective SiP. In addition, the descriptor ΔG*N was introduced to establish the relationship between the different NRR intermediates, and the volcano plot of the limiting potentials were determined for their potential-determining steps (PDS). Remarkably, the limiting voltage of the NRR possesses a good linear relationship with the active center TM atom Ɛd, which is a reliable descriptor for predicting the limiting voltage. Furthermore, we verified the stability (using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics - AIMD) and high selectivity (UL(NRR)-UL(HER) > -0.5 V) of these four catalysts in vacuum and solvent environments. This study systematically demonstrates the strong catalytic potential of 2D TM@SiPV(TM = Mo, Nb, Ta, W) single-atom catalysts for nitrogen reduction electrocatalysis.
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- Qingyu Li
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Pingxiang University, Pingxiang 337055, China.
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- School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007.
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Huang H, Chen M, Zhang R, Ding Y, Huang H, Shen Z, Jiang L, Ge Z, Jiang H, Xu M, Wang Y, Cao Y. Theoretical study of transition metal-doped β 12 borophene as a new single-atom catalyst for carbon dioxide electroreduction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14407-14419. [PMID: 38712898 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00601a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) presents a viable and cost-effective approach for the elimination of CO2 by transforming it into valuable products. Nevertheless, this process is impeded by the absence of exceptionally active and stable catalysts. Herein, a new type of electrocatalyst of transition metal (TM)-doped β12-borophene (TM@β12-BM) is investigated via density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Through comprehensive screening, two promising single-atom catalysts (SACs), Sc@β12-BM and Y@β12-BM, are successfully identified, exhibiting high stability, catalytic activity and selectivity for the CO2RR. The C1 products methane (CH4) and methanol (CH3OH) are synthesized with limiting potentials (UL) of -0.78 V and -0.56 V on Sc@β12-BM and Y@β12-BM, respectively. Meanwhile, CO2 is more favourable for reduction into the C2 product ethanol (CH3CH2OH) compared to ethylene (C2H4) via C-C coupling on these two SACs. More importantly, the dynamic barriers of the key C-C coupling step are 0.53 eV and 0.73 eV for the "slow-growth" sampling approach in the explicit water molecule model. Furthermore, Sc@β12-BM and Y@β12-BM exhibit higher selectivity for producing C1 compounds (CH4 and CH3OH) than C2 (CH3CH2OH) in the CO2RR. Compared with Sc@β12-BM, Y@β12-BM demonstrates superior inhibition of the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in the liquid phase. These results not only demonstrate the great potential of SACs for direct reduction of CO2 to C1 and C2, but also help in rationally designing high-performance SACs.
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- Hongjie Huang
- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, P. R. China
- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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Ye T, Wang Y, Yao X, Li H, Xiao T, Ba K, Tang Y, Zheng C, Yang X, Sun Z. Synthesis of Rhenium-Doped Copper Twin Boundary for High-Turnover-Frequency Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38706440 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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The precise design and synthesis of active sites to improve catalyst's performance has emerged as a promising tactic for electrochemistry. However, it is challenging to combine different types of active sites and manipulate them simultaneously at atomic resolution. Here, we present a strategy to synthesize Re atom-doped Cu twin boundaries (TBs), through pulsed electrodeposition and boundary segregation. The Re-doped Cu TBs demonstrate a highly efficient nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) performance. Re-doped Cu TBs showed a turnover frequency of ∼5889 s-1, ∼800 times higher than the pure Cu TB active centers (∼7 s-1). In addition to the "acceptance-donation" activation of N2 molecules, theoretical calculations also reveal that the Re-Re dimer on TB can boost the NRR and impede the hydrogen evolution reaction synchronously, rendering Re-doped Cu TB catalysts with high NRR activity and selectivity.
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- Tong Ye
- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- School of Microelectronics and State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- School of Microelectronics and State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China
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- School of National Defense Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Environment Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, Uppsala 75120, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- School of Microelectronics and State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, P. R. China
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Ospina-Acevedo F, Albiter LA, Bailey KO, Godínez-Salomón JF, Rhodes CP, Balbuena PB. Catalytic Activity and Electrochemical Stability of Ru 1-xM xO 2 (M = Zr, Nb, Ta): Computational and Experimental Study of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:16373-16398. [PMID: 38502743 PMCID: PMC10995909 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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We use computations and experiments to determine the effect of substituting zirconium, niobium, and tantalum within rutile RuO2 on the structure, oxygen evolution reaction (OER) mechanism and activity, and electrochemical stability. Calculated electronic structures altered by Zr, Nb, and Ta show surface regions of electron density depletion and accumulation, along with anisotropic lattice parameter shifts dependent on the substitution site, substituent, and concentration. Consistent with theory, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments show shifts in binding energies of O-2s, O-2p, and Ru-4d peaks due to the substituents. Experimentally, the substituted materials showed the presence of two phases with a majority phase that contains the metal substituent within the rutile phase and a second, smaller-percentage RuO2 phase. Our experimental analysis of OER activity shows Zr, Nb, and Ta substituents at 12.5 atom % induce lower activity relative to RuO2, which agrees with computing the average of all sites; however, Zr and Ta substitution at specific sites yields higher theoretical OER activity than RuO2, with Zr substitution suggesting an alternative OER mechanism. Metal dissolution predictions show the involvement of cooperative interactions among multiple surface sites and the electrolyte. Zr substitution at specific sites increases activation barriers for Ru dissolution, however, with Zr surface dissolution rates comparable to those of Ru. Experimental OER stability analysis shows lower Ru dissolution from synthesized RuO2 and Zr-substituted RuO2 compared to commercial RuO2 and comparable amounts of Zr and Ru dissolved from Zr-substituted RuO2, aligned with our calculations.
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- Francisco Ospina-Acevedo
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Materials
Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State
University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, United States
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- Materials
Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State
University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Gao Z, Zhao ZH, Wang H, Bai Y, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Mei H, Yuan M, Zhang G. Jahn-Teller Distortions Induced by in situ Li Migration in λ-MnO 2 for Boosting Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318967. [PMID: 38153676 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318967] [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: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Lithium-mediated electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (Li-NRR) completely eschews the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) occurred in aqueous system, whereas the continuous deposition of lithium readily blocks the active sites and further reduces the reaction kinetics. Herein, we propose an innovative in situ Li migration strategy to realize that Li substitutes Mn sites in λ-MnO2 instead of evolving into the dead Li. Comprehensive characterizations corroborate that the intercalation of Li+ at high voltage breaks the structural integrity of MnO6 octahedron and further triggers unique Jahn-Teller distortions, which promotes the spin state regulation of Mn sites to generate the ameliorative eg orbital configuration and accelerates N≡N bond cleavage via eg -σ and eg -π* interaction. To this end, the resulted cationic disordered LiMnO4 delivers the recorded highest NH3 yield rate of 220 μg h-1 cm-2 and a Faradaic efficiency (FE) 83.80 % in organic electrolyte.
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- Zijian Gao
- Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoeletronics Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoeletronics Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Liquids, Synfuels China Technology Co. Ltd, Beijing, 101400, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular & Process Engineering(RIPP, SINOPEC), Beijing, 101407, P. R. China
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- Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoeletronics Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Green and High-value Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Li S, Liu YT, Zhang YC, Du Y, Gao J, Zhai J, Liang Y, Han C, Zhu XD. Enhanced N 2 Adsorption and Activation by Combining Re Clusters and In Vacancies as Dual Sites for Efficient and Selective Electrochemical NH 3 Synthesis. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:748-756. [PMID: 38166417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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The electrochemical N2 reduction reaction (NRR) is a green and energy-saving sustainable technology for NH3 production. However, high activity and high selectivity can hardly be achieved in the same catalyst, which severely restricts the development of the electrochemical NRR. In2Se3 with partially occupied p-orbitals can suppress the H2 evolution reaction (HER), which shows excellent selectivity in the electrochemical NRR. The presence of VIn can simultaneously provide active sites and confine Re clusters through strong charge transfer. Additionally, well-isolated Re clusters stabilized on In2Se3 by the confinement effect of VIn result in Re-VIn active sites with maximum availability. By combining Re clusters and VIn as dual sites for spontaneous N2 adsorption and activation, the electrochemical NRR performance is enhanced significantly. As a result, the Re-In2Se3-VIn/CC catalyst delivers a high NH3 yield rate (26.63 μg h-1 cm-2) and high FEs (30.8%) at -0.5 V vs RHE.
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- Shaoquan Li
- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd., Weifang 261000, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State key Laboratory Based of Eco-chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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Kim J, Lee T, Jung HD, Kim M, Eo J, Kang B, Jung H, Park J, Bae D, Lee Y, Park S, Kim W, Back S, Lee Y, Nam DH. Vitamin C-induced CO 2 capture enables high-rate ethylene production in CO 2 electroreduction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:192. [PMID: 38167422 PMCID: PMC10762245 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44586-0] [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: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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High-rate production of multicarbon chemicals via the electrochemical CO2 reduction can be achieved by efficient CO2 mass transport. A key challenge for C-C coupling in high-current-density CO2 reduction is how to promote *CO formation and dimerization. Here, we report molecularly enhanced CO2-to-*CO conversion and *CO dimerization for high-rate ethylene production. Nanoconfinement of ascorbic acid by graphene quantum dots enables immobilization and redox reversibility of ascorbic acid in heterogeneous electrocatalysts. Cu nanowire with ascorbic acid nanoconfined by graphene quantum dots (cAA-CuNW) demonstrates high-rate ethylene production with a Faradaic efficiency of 60.7% and a partial current density of 539 mA/cm2, a 2.9-fold improvement over that of pristine CuNW. Furthermore, under low CO2 ratio of 33%, cAA-CuNW still exhibits efficient ethylene production with a Faradaic efficiency of 41.8%. We find that cAA-CuNW increases *CO coverage and optimizes the *CO binding mode ensemble between atop and bridge for efficient C-C coupling. A mechanistic study reveals that ascorbic acid can facilitate *CO formation and dimerization by favorable electron and proton transfer with strong hydrogen bonding.
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- Jongyoun Kim
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju, 58330, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Institute for Environmental and Climate Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju, 58330, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea.
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Zhao R, Yan Q, Yu L, Yan T, Zhu X, Zhao Z, Liu L, Xi J. A Bi-Co Corridor Construction Effectively Improving the Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction toward Ammonia by Nearly 100. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2306633. [PMID: 37736698 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Improving the selective ammonia production capacity of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3 RR) at ambient conditions is critical to the future development and industrial application of electrosynthesis of ammonia. However, the reaction involves multi-proton and electron transfer as well as the desorption and underutilization of intermediates, posing a challenge to the selectivity of NO3 RR. Here the electrodeposition site of Co is modulated by depositing Bi at the bottom of the catalyst, thus obtaining the Co+Bi@Cu NW catalyst with a Bi-Co corridor structure. In 50 mm NO3 - , Co+Bi@Cu NW exhibits a highest Faraday efficiency of ≈100% (99.51%), an ammonia yield rate of 1858.2 µg h-1 cm-2 and high repeatability at -0.6 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode. Moreover, the change of NO2 - concentration on the catalyst surface observed by in situ reflection absorption imaging and the intermediates of the NO3 RR process detected by electrochemical in situ Raman spectroscopy together verify the NO2 - trapping effect of the Bi-Co corridor structure. It is believed that the measure of modulating the deposition site of Co by loading Bi element is an easy-to-implement general method for improving the selectivity of NH3 production as well as the corresponding scientific research and applications.
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- Rundong Zhao
- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Huang R, Liu S, He Z, Ye G, Zhu W, Xu H, Wang J. The Role of Proton in High Power Density Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ACS NANO 2023; 17:19098-19108. [PMID: 37768563 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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To design high-performance vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), the influence of proton on electrocatalysts cannot be neglected considering the abundance of proton in a highly acidic electrolyte. Herein, the impact of proton on metal oxide-based electrocatalysts in VRFBs is investigated, and a proton-incorporating strategy is introduced for high power density VRFBs, in addition to unraveling the catalytic mechanism. This study discloses that the metal oxide-based electrocatalyst (WO3) undergoes in situ surface reconstruction by forming H0.5WO3 after incorporating proton. Experimental and theoretical results precisely disclose the catalytic active sites. The battery with H0.5WO3 designed by a proton-incorporating strategy achieves an attractive power density of 1.12 W cm-2 and sustains more than 900 cycles without an obvious decay, verifying the outstanding electrochemical performance of H0.5WO3. This work not only sheds light on the influence of proton on electrocatalysts for rational design of advanced VRFBs catalysts but also provides guidelines for the fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanism, which is highly important for the application of VRFBs.
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- Rongjiao Huang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- Information and Network Center, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, People's Republic of China
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Lin W, Yin WJ, Wen B. Proximity effects in graphene-supported single-atom catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:094703. [PMID: 37655775 DOI: 10.1063/5.0165695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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The interaction between adjacent active sites is crucial to balance the efficiency and utilization of functional atoms in single-atom catalysts. Herein, the catalytic activity of hydrogen evolution reaction at different site (nitrogen coordinated transition metal centers embedded in graphene) distances was comprehensively investigated by density functional theory calculations. The results show that a proximity effect of reactivity and site spacing can be identified in the Co-series single-atom catalysts. Although the proximity effect is more linearly responded with the site spacing along x direction, an optimal distance of ∼0.8 and ∼2.8 nm are found for Co and Rh, Ir atoms, respectively. An in-depth analysis of the electronic property reveals that the proximity effect is caused by the distinct net charge of the active site, which is affected by the dz2 position relative to EF. Subsequently, an excess electron nodal channel in x direction was found to serve as a communication pathway between the active sites. Through the finding in this work, an optimal Fe-N2C2 structure was deliberately designed and has shown prominent proximity effect as Co-series do. The results reported in this work provide a simple and effective tuning method for the reactivity of a single-atom catalyst.
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- Weijie Lin
- School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Science, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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Ringe S. The importance of a charge transfer descriptor for screening potential CO 2 reduction electrocatalysts. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2598. [PMID: 37147278 PMCID: PMC10162986 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37929-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023] Open
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It has been over twenty years since the linear scaling of reaction intermediate adsorption energies started to coin the fields of heterogeneous and electrocatalysis as a blessing and a curse at the same time. It has established the possibility to construct activity volcano plots as a function of a single or two readily accessible adsorption energies as descriptors, but also limited the maximal catalytic conversion rate. In this work, it is found that these established adsorption energy-based descriptor spaces are not applicable to electrochemistry, because they are lacking an important additional dimension, the potential of zero charge. This extra dimension arises from the interaction of the electric double layer with reaction intermediates which does not scale with adsorption energies. At the example of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 it is shown that the addition of this descriptor breaks the scaling relations, opening up a huge chemical space that is readily accessible via potential of zero charge-based material design. The potential of zero charge also explains product selectivity trends of electrochemical CO2 reduction in close agreement with reported experimental data highlighting its importance for electrocatalyst design.
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- Stefan Ringe
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Feng X, Liu J, Chen L, Kong Y, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Wang D, Liu W, Li S, Tong L, Zhang J. Hydrogen Radical-Induced Electrocatalytic N 2 Reduction at a Low Potential. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10259-10267. [PMID: 37097880 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Realizing efficient hydrogenation of N2 molecules in the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is crucial in achieving high activity at a low potential because it theoretically requires a higher equilibrium potential than other steps. Analogous to metal hydride complexes for N2 reduction, achieving this step by chemical hydrogenation can weaken the potential dependence of the initial hydrogenation process. However, this strategy is rarely reported in the electrocatalytic NRR, and the catalytic mechanism remains ambiguous and lacks experimental evidence. Here, we show a highly efficient electrocatalyst (ruthenium single atoms anchored on graphdiyne/graphene sandwich structures) with a hydrogen radical-transferring mechanism, in which graphdiyne (GDY) generates hydrogen radicals (H•), which can effectively activate N2 to generate NNH radicals (•NNH). A dual-active site is constructed to suppress competing hydrogen evolution, where hydrogen preferentially adsorbs on GDY and Ru single atoms serve as the adsorption site of •NNH to promote further hydrogenation of NH3 synthesis. As a result, high activity and selectivity are obtained simultaneously at -0.1 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode. Our findings illustrate a novel hydrogen transfer mechanism that can greatly reduce the potential and maintain the high activity and selectivity in NRR and provide powerful guidelines for the design concept of electrocatalysts.
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- Xueting Feng
- Center for Nanochemistry, 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, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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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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- Center for Nanochemistry, 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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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Center for Nanochemistry, 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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- 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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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Center for Nanochemistry, 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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- Center for Nanochemistry, 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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Cui Y, Dong A, Zhou Y, Qu Y, Zhao M, Wang Z, Jiang Q. Interfacially Engineered Nanoporous Cu/MnO x Hybrids for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis via Nitrate Reduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207661. [PMID: 36720010 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia (NH3 ) not only offers a promising strategy for green NH3 synthesis, but also addresses the environmental issues and balances the perturbed nitrogen cycle. However, current electrocatalytic nitrate reduction processes are still inefficient due to the lack of effective electrocatalysts. Here 3D nanoporous Cu/MnOx hybrids are reported as efficient and durable electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction reaction, achieving the NH3 yield rates of 5.53 and 29.3 mg h-1 mgcat. -1 with 98.2% and 86.2% Faradic efficiency in 0.1 m Na2 SO4 solution with 10 and 100 mm KNO3 , respectively, which are higher than those obtained for most of the reported catalysts under similar conditions. Both the experimental results and density functional theory calculations reveal that the interface effect between Cu/MnOx interface could reduce the free energy of rate determining step and suppress the hydrogen evolution reaction, leading to the enhanced catalytic activity and selectivity. This work provides an approach to design advanced materials for NH3 production via electrochemical nitrate reduction.
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- Yuhuan Cui
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China
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Wang H, Cheng C, Du K, Xu Z, Zhao E, Lan N, Yin PF, Ling T. A Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Photo-Electrode to Promote NH 3 Yield in Sustainable N 2 Conversion. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300204. [PMID: 36941243 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300204] [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: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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A key challenge for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reactions (NRR) is the difficulty for conventional catalysts to achieve high currents at low H* coverage to produce appreciable NH3 . Herein, we specially designed an Au nanoparticle-embedded ZnSe photo-electrode to solve the problem. As-designed photo-electrode achieves excellent NRR performance with a high NH3 yield (12.2 μg cm-2 h-1 ) and Faradaic efficiency (27.3 %). Our work reveals that the unique plasmon resonance effect of embedded Au nanoparticles plays a key role in increasing catalytic current when the H* coverage is decreased. Moreover, we successfully established a correlation between H* coverage and NRR performance based on theoretical calculations and experimental observations. This work paves the path for the future design of catalytic materials to overcome the selectivity and yield challenge of sustainable NH3 production.
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- Haonan Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Precision Instruments and, Optoelectronics Engineering Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and, Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of New-Energy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Centi G, Perathoner S, Genovese C, Arrigo R. Advanced (photo)electrocatalytic approaches to substitute the use of fossil fuels in chemical production. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3005-3023. [PMID: 36794323 PMCID: PMC9997108 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc05132j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Electrification of the chemical industry for carbon-neutral production requires innovative (photo)electrocatalysis. This study highlights the contribution and discusses recent research projects in this area, which are relevant case examples to explore new directions but characterised by a little background research effort. It is organised into two main sections, where selected examples of innovative directions for electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis are presented. The areas discussed include (i) new approaches to green energy or H2 vectors, (ii) the production of fertilisers directly from the air, (iii) the decoupling of the anodic and cathodic reactions in electrocatalytic or photoelectrocatalytic devices, (iv) the possibilities given by tandem/paired reactions in electrocatalytic devices, including the possibility to form the same product on both cathodic and anodic sides to "double" the efficiency, and (v) exploiting electrocatalytic cells to produce green H2 from biomass. The examples offer hits to expand current areas in electrocatalysis to accelerate the transformation to fossil-free chemical production.
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- Gabriele Centi
- University of Messina, Dept ChiBioFarAm, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 32, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- University of Messina, Dept ChiBioFarAm, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 32, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- University of Messina, Dept ChiBioFarAm, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 32, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- University of Salford, 336 Peel building, M5 4WT Manchester, UK
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Saelee T, Chotsawat M, Rittiruam M, Suthirakun S, Praserthdam S, Ruankaew N, Khajondetchairit P, Junkaew A. First-principles-driven catalyst design protocol of 2D/2D heterostructures for electro- and photocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5327-5342. [PMID: 36727640 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05124a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Ammonia synthesis from nitrogen is a vital process and a necessity in a variety of applications including energy, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and chemical applications. The electro- and photocatalytic nitrogen reduction reactions (NRRs) are promising sustainable processes operated under milder conditions than the conventional Haber-Bosch process. However, the main pain points of these catalytic processes are their low selectivity and low efficiency. This perspective presents the recent status and the design protocols for developing promising 2D/2D heterojunction catalysts for the NRR, using the first-principles approach. The current theoretical studies are briefly discussed, and available methods are suggested for the development and design of new potential 2D/2D heterojunctions as efficient electro- and photo-NRR catalysts.
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- Tinnakorn Saelee
- High-Performance Computing Unit (CECC-HCU), Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. .,Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand.
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- High-Performance Computing Unit (CECC-HCU), Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. .,Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand.
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- High-Performance Computing Unit (CECC-HCU), Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. .,Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 111 Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.
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- High-Performance Computing Unit (CECC-HCU), Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. .,Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering (CECC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 111 Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.
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Liu T, Wang Y, Li Y. How pH Affects the Oxygen Reduction Reactivity of Fe–N–C Materials. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Tianyang Liu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P.R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P.R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P.R. China
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Dong Z, Sun Q, Xu GR, Wu Z, Li Y, Lai J, Li G, Wang L. Universal Synthesized Strategy for Amorphous Pd-Based Nanosheets Boosting Ambient Ammonia Electrosynthesis. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201225. [PMID: 36549895 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is emerging as a great promise for ambient and sustainable NH3 production while it still suffers from the high adsorption energy of N2 , the difficulty of *NN protonation, and inevitable hydrogen evolution, leading to a great challenge for efficient NRR. Herein, we synthesized a series of amorphous trimetal Pd-based (PdCoM (M = Cu, Ag, Fe, Mo)) nanosheets (NSs) with an ultrathin 2D structure, which shows high efficiency and robust electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation. Among them, amorphous PdCoCu NSs exhibit excellent NRR activity at low overpotentials with an NH3 yield of 60.68 µg h-1 mgcat -1 and a corresponding Faraday efficiency of 42.93% at -0.05 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode as well as outstanding stability with only 5% decrease after a long test period of 40 h at room temperature. The superior NRR activity and robust stability should be attributed to the large specific surface area, abundant active sites as well as structural engineering and electronic effect that boosts up the Pd 4d band center, which further efficiently restrains the hydrogen evolution. This work offers an opportunity for more energy conversion devices through the novel strategy for designing active and stable catalysts.
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- Zemeng Dong
- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Tian L, Zhang L, Zheng L, Chen Y, Ding L, Fan J, Wu D, Zou J, Luo S. Overcoming Electrostatic Interaction via Strong Complexation for Highly Selective Reduction of CN
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2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202214145. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Lei Tian
- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education School of Resources & Environment Nanchang University Nanchang Jiangxi 330031 P. R. China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Heavy Metals Pollutants Control and Resource Utilization Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang Jiangxi 330063 P. R. China
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Zhang W, Zhan S, Qin Q, Heil T, Liu X, Hwang J, Ferber TH, Hofmann JP, Oschatz M. Electrochemical Generation of Catalytically Active Edge Sites in C 2 N-Type Carbon Materials for Artificial Nitrogen Fixation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2204116. [PMID: 36114151 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to ammonia (NH3 ) is a potentially carbon-neutral and decentralized supplement to the established Haber-Bosch process. Catalytic activation of the highly stable dinitrogen molecules remains a great challenge. Especially metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon catalysts do not often reach the desired selectivity and ammonia production rates due to their low concentration of NRR active sites and possible instability of heteroatoms under electrochemical potential, which can even contribute to false positive results. In this context, the electrochemical activation of nitrogen-doped carbon electrocatalysts is an attractive, but not yet established method to create NRR catalytic sites. Herein, a metal-free C2 N material (HAT-700) is electrochemically etched prior to application in NRR to form active edge-sites originating from the removal of terminal nitrile groups. Resulting activated metal-free HAT-700-A shows remarkable catalytic activity in electrochemical nitrogen fixation with a maximum Faradaic efficiency of 11.4% and NH3 yield of 5.86 µg mg-1 cat h-1 . Experimental results and theoretical calculations are combined, and it is proposed that carbon radicals formed during activation together with adjacent pyridinic nitrogen atoms play a crucial role in nitrogen adsorption and activation. The results demonstrate the possibility to create catalytically active sites on purpose by etching labile functional groups prior to NRR.
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- Wuyong Zhang
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Surface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Surface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Kim C, Song JY, Choi C, Ha JP, Lee W, Nam YT, Lee DM, Kim G, Gereige I, Jung WB, Lee H, Jung Y, Jeong H, Jung HT. Atomic-Scale Homogeneous RuCu Alloy Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2205270. [PMID: 35901115 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202205270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ruthenium (Ru) is the most widely used metal as an electrocatalyst for nitrogen (N2 ) reduction reaction (NRR) because of the relatively high N2 adsorption strength for successive reaction. Recently, it has been well reported that the homogeneous Ru-based metal alloys such as RuRh, RuPt, and RuCo significantly enhance the selectivity and formation rate of ammonia (NH3 ). However, the metal combinations for NRR have been limited to several miscible combinations of metals with Ru, although various immiscible combinations have immense potential to show high NRR performance. In this study, an immiscible combination of Ru and copper (Cu) is first utilized, and homogeneous alloy nanoparticles (RuCu NPs) are fabricated by the carbothermal shock method. The RuCu homogeneous NP alloys on cellulose/carbon nanotube sponge exhibit the highest selectivity and NH3 formation rate of ≈31% and -73 μmol h-1 cm-2 , respectively. These are the highest values of the selectivity and NH3 formation rates among existing Ru-based alloy metal combinations.
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- Chansol Kim
- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Simulations Group, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Catalytic Materials and Process Lab, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Saudi Aramco, Research and Development Center, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Catalytic Materials and Process Lab, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Advanced Materials Simulations Group, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
- KAIST Institute for Nanocentury, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- KAIST-UCB-VNU Global Climate Change Research Center, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21 plus), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
- KAIST Institute for Nanocentury, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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Zhao H, Cao H, Zhang Z, Wang YG. Modeling the Potential-Dependent Kinetics of CO 2 Electroreduction on Single-Nickel Atom Catalysts with Explicit Solvation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02383] [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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- Hongyan Zhao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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Qian SJ, Cao H, Chen JW, Chen JC, Wang YG, Li J. Critical Role of Explicit Inclusion of Solvent and Electrode Potential in the Electrochemical Description of Nitrogen Reduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03186] [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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- Sheng-Jie Qian
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China
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Yang GL, Hsieh CT, Ho YS, Kuo TC, Kwon Y, Lu Q, Cheng MJ. Gaseous CO 2 Coupling with N-Containing Intermediates for Key C–N Bond Formation during Urea Production from Coelectrolysis over Cu. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Guo-Lin Yang
- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Chen Z, Liu C, Sun L, Wang T. Progress of Experimental and Computational Catalyst Design for Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Zhe Chen
- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310027, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
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Tursun M, Wu C. Electrocatalytic Reduction of N 2 to NH 3 Over Defective 1T'-WX 2 (X=S, Se, Te) Monolayers. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200191. [PMID: 35338584 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Defects in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) can serve as active sites in catalytic reactions. In this work, by means of first-principles calculations, the catalytic activities of WX2 (X=S, Se, Te) monolayers in the 1T' phase with both vacancy defects (missing chalcogen atoms, X Vd ) and antisite defects (replacing chalcogen atoms with W atoms, X Ad ) were evaluated for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Results showed that all these defective catalysts had great potential toward electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis by exhibiting low limiting potentials (UL ). Over 1T'-WTe2 @Te Vd , 1T'-WS2 @S Ad , 1T'-WSe2 @Se Ad , and 1T'-WTe2 @Te Ad , the corresponding UL values were -0.49, -0.21, -0.19, and -0.15 V, much smaller than that of the benchmark catalyst, the Ru (0001) surface (UL =-0.98 V). Furthermore, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was inhibited. 1T'-WX2 monolayers with the antisite defects showed better NRR activity than those with the vacancy defects because of the smaller steric hindrance at the former. Results suggest that the steric effect at the active surface sites should be utilized to develop better catalysts.
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- Mamutjan Tursun
- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Native Medicinal and Edible Plant Resources Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Kashgar University Kashgar, Xinjiang, 844000, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710054, P. R. China
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Cao H, Zhang Z, Chen JW, Wang YG. Potential-Dependent Free Energy Relationship in Interpreting the Electrochemical Performance of CO 2 Reduction on Single Atom Catalysts. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hao Cao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Wu T, Melander MM, Honkala K. Coadsorption of NRR and HER Intermediates Determines the Performance of Ru-N4 toward Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Tongwei Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Wang J, Zhang Z, Li Y, Qu Y, Li Y, Li W, Zhao M. Screening of Transition-Metal Single-Atom Catalysts Anchored on Covalent-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:1024-1033. [PMID: 34963279 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) offer abundant hollow sites for stably anchoring transition-metal (TM) atoms to promote single-atom catalysis (SACs), which is expected to overcome the poor stability of SACs on conventional substrate materials. Using first-principles calculations within density-functional theory, a number of TM atoms embedded on a 2D COF Pc-TFPN (TMPc-TFPN) as SACs for ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions are investigated. Through a "five-step" screening strategy, WPc-TFPN is highlighted from 26 TMPc-TFPNs as the best SACs for nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) with a low limiting potential of -0.19 V. Meanwhile, multiple-level descriptors are developed to uncover the origins of NRR activity, among which a simple descriptor φ that involves the electronegativity and number of d electrons of TM atoms shows volcano plot trends of limiting potential of NRR. This work provides a rational strategy for fast screening SACs for the electrochemical N2 fixation using 2D COFs containing TM-N4 units as host materials, which could also be applied to other electrochemical reactions.
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- Juan Wang
- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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Zhang J, An W. Single-, double-, and triple-atom catalysts on graphene-like C 2N enable electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: insight from first principles. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02254g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The *NHx intermediates on Mn@C2N are highly stable for n = 3 and unstable for n = 1, rendering Mn@C2N as the optimal candidate for driving the eNRR owing to its moderate binding with NHx (x = 0, 1, 2, 3).
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- Jin Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China
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Tao H, Lian C, Jiang H, Li C, Liu H, Roij R. Enhancing electrocatalytic
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reduction via tailoring the electric double layers. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Haolan Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, and School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, and School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, and School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, and School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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Ringe S, Hörmann NG, Oberhofer H, Reuter K. Implicit Solvation Methods for Catalysis at Electrified Interfaces. Chem Rev 2021; 122:10777-10820. [PMID: 34928131 PMCID: PMC9227731 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Implicit solvation
is an effective, highly coarse-grained approach
in atomic-scale simulations to account for a surrounding liquid electrolyte
on the level of a continuous polarizable medium. Originating in molecular
chemistry with finite solutes, implicit solvation techniques are now
increasingly used in the context of first-principles modeling of electrochemistry
and electrocatalysis at extended (often metallic) electrodes. The
prevalent ansatz to model the latter electrodes and the reactive surface
chemistry at them through slabs in periodic boundary condition supercells
brings its specific challenges. Foremost this concerns the difficulty
of describing the entire double layer forming at the electrified solid–liquid
interface (SLI) within supercell sizes tractable by commonly employed
density functional theory (DFT). We review liquid solvation methodology
from this specific application angle, highlighting in particular its
use in the widespread ab initio thermodynamics approach
to surface catalysis. Notably, implicit solvation can be employed
to mimic a polarization of the electrode’s electronic density
under the applied potential and the concomitant capacitive charging
of the entire double layer beyond the limitations of the employed
DFT supercell. Most critical for continuing advances of this effective
methodology for the SLI context is the lack of pertinent (experimental
or high-level theoretical) reference data needed for parametrization.
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- Stefan Ringe
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea.,Energy Science & Engineering Research Center, Daegu Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.,Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany.,Chair for Theoretical Physics VII and Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt), University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Wang Y, You L, Zhou K. Origin of the N-coordinated single-atom Ni sites in heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction reaction. Chem Sci 2021; 12:14065-14073. [PMID: 34760190 PMCID: PMC8565395 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04094d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Heterogeneous Ni-N-C single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted great research interest regarding their capability in facilitating the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), with CO accounting for the major product. However, the fundamental nature of their active Ni sites remains controversial, since the typically proposed pyridinic-type Ni configurations are inactive, display low selectivity, and/or possess an unfavorable formation energy. Herein, we present a constant-potential first-principles and microkinetic model to study the CO2RR at a solid-water interface, which shows that the electrode potential is crucial for governing CO2 activation. A formation energy analysis on several NiN x C4-x (x = 1-4) moieties indicates that the predominant Ni moieties of Ni-N-C SACs are expected to have a formula of NiN4. After determining the potential-dependent thermodynamic and kinetic energy of these Ni moieties, we discover that the energetically favorable pyrrolic-type NiN4 moiety displays high activity for facilitating the selective CO2RR over the competing H2 evolution. Moreover, model polarization curves and Tafel analysis results exhibit reasonable agreement with existing experimental data. This work highlights the intrinsic tetrapyrrolic coordination of Ni for facilitating the CO2RR and offers practical guidance for the rational improvement of SACs, and this model can be expanded to explore mechanisms of other electrocatalysis in aqueous solutions.
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- Yu Wang
- Environmental Process Modelling Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University 1 CleanTech Loop Singapore 637141 Singapore
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- Environmental Process Modelling Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University 1 CleanTech Loop Singapore 637141 Singapore
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- Environmental Process Modelling Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University 1 CleanTech Loop Singapore 637141 Singapore
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Singapore
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Wu Y, He C, Zhang W. Novel Design Strategy of High Activity Electrocatalysts toward Nitrogen Reduction Reaction via Boron-Transition-Metal Hybrid Double-Atom Catalysts. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:47520-47529. [PMID: 34585912 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a promising method for sustainable production of NH3, which provides an alternative to the traditional Haber-Bosch process. However, the poor Faraday efficiency caused by N≡N triple bond activation and competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have seriously hindered the application of NRR. In this work, a novel strategy to promote NRR through boron-transition-metal (TM) hybrid double-atom catalysts (HDACs) has been proposed. The excellent catalytic activity of HDACs is attributed to a significant difference of valence electron distribution between boron and TMs, which could better activate N≡N bonds and promote the conversion of NH2 to NH3 compared with boron or metal single-atom catalysts and traditional double-atom catalysts (DACs). Hence, by means of DFT computations, the stability, activity, and selectivity of 29 HDACs are systematically investigated to evaluate their catalytic performance. B-Ti@g-CN and B-Ta@g-CN are screened as excellent nitrogen-fixing catalysts with particularly low limiting potentials of 0.13 and 0.11 V for NRR and rather high potentials of 0.54 and 0.82 V for HER, respectively. This work provides a new idea for the rational design of efficient nitrogen-fixing catalysts and could also be widely used in other catalytic reactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yibo Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
| | - Wenxue Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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