Hongjie Yu,Ziqiang Wang,Dandan Yang,Xiaoqian Qian,You Xu,Xiaonian Li,Hongjing Wang,Liang Wang
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is considered as a facile and sustainable strategy for ammonia production. Design of high-performance electrocatalysts is the crucial issue for the NRR. Herein, we present a one-pot reduction method to directly synthesize bimetallic Ag3Cu porous networks (Ag3Cu BPNs). Owing to their porous networks and bimetallic composition, the Ag3Cu BPNs exhibit outstanding NRR performance with a high NH3 yield of 24.59 μg h−1 mgcat.−1 and faradaic efficiency of 13.28% at −0.5 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode. This study proposes a facile and scalable route for the development of metallic porous networks with an interconnected structure and desired components for electrochemical ammonia production.
The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has emerged as a promising renewable energy source and a feasible strategy as an alternative to Haber-Bosch ammonia (NH 3 ) synthesis. However, finding an efficient and cost-effective robust catalyst to activate and cleave the extremely strong triple bond in nitrogen (N 2 ) for electrocatalytic NRR is still a challenge. Herein, a FeNi@CNS nanocomposite as an efficient catalyst for N 2 fixation under ambient conditions is designed. This FeNi@CNS nanocomposite was prepared by a simple water bath process and post-calcination. The FeNi@CNS is demonstrated to be a highly efficient NRR catalyst, which exhibits better NRR performance with exceptional Faradaic efficiency of 9.83% and an NH 3 yield of 16.52 μg h −1 cm −2 in 0.1 M Na 2 SO 4 aqueous solution. Besides, high stability and reproducibility with consecutive 6 cycles for two hours are also demonstrated throughout the NRR electrocatalytic process for 12 h. Meanwhile, the FeNi@CNS catalyst encourages N 2 adsorption and activation as well as effectively suppressing competitive HER. Therefore, this earth-abundant FeNi@CNS catalyst with a subtle balance of activity and stability has excellent potential in NRR industrial applications.
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