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High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod

Xiang Ren 1, 2
Jinxiu Zhao 2
Qin Wei 2
Yongjun Ma 3
Haoran Guo 4
Qian Liu 4
Yuan Wang 1
Guanwei Cui 5
Baihai Li 4
Bo Tang 5
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2018-12-19
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR3.286
CiteScore19.3
Impact factor10.4
ISSN23747943, 23747951
General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Abstract
The synthesis of NH3 is mainly dominated by the traditional energy-consuming Haber-Bosch process with a mass of CO2 emission. Electrochemical conversion of N2 to NH3 emerges as a carbon-free process for the sustainable artificial N2 reduction reaction (NRR), but requires an efficient and stable electrocatalyst. Here, we report that the Mo2C nanorod serves as an excellent NRR electrocatalyst for artificial N2 fixation to NH3 with strong durability and acceptable selectivity under ambient conditions. Such a catalyst shows a high Faradaic efficiency of 8.13% and NH3 yield of 95.1 μg h-1 mg-1cat at -0.3 V in 0.1 M HCl, surpassing the majority of reported electrochemical conversion NRR catalysts. Density functional theory calculation was carried out to gain further insight into the catalytic mechanism involved.
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Ren X. et al. High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod // ACS Central Science. 2018. Vol. 5. No. 1. pp. 116-121.
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Ren X., Zhao J., Wei Q., Ma Y., Guo H., Liu Q., Wang Y., Cui G., Asiri A. M., Li B., Tang B., Sun X. High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod // ACS Central Science. 2018. Vol. 5. No. 1. pp. 116-121.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00734
UR - https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.8b00734
TI - High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod
T2 - ACS Central Science
AU - Ren, Xiang
AU - Zhao, Jinxiu
AU - Wei, Qin
AU - Ma, Yongjun
AU - Guo, Haoran
AU - Liu, Qian
AU - Wang, Yuan
AU - Cui, Guanwei
AU - Asiri, Abdullah M.
AU - Li, Baihai
AU - Tang, Bo
AU - Sun, Xuping
PY - 2018
DA - 2018/12/19
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
SP - 116-121
IS - 1
VL - 5
PMID - 30693331
SN - 2374-7943
SN - 2374-7951
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@article{2018_Ren,
author = {Xiang Ren and Jinxiu Zhao and Qin Wei and Yongjun Ma and Haoran Guo and Qian Liu and Yuan Wang and Guanwei Cui and Abdullah M. Asiri and Baihai Li and Bo Tang and Xuping Sun},
title = {High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod},
journal = {ACS Central Science},
year = {2018},
volume = {5},
publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.8b00734},
number = {1},
pages = {116--121},
doi = {10.1021/acscentsci.8b00734}
}
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Ren, Xiang, et al. “High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod.” ACS Central Science, vol. 5, no. 1, Dec. 2018, pp. 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.8b00734.