Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. 2014 - 2021
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
A
rare-earth
La-doped
VS
2−x
is
reported
as
an
effective
catalyst
for
electrocatalytic
nitrate-to-ammonia
conversion,
which
attributed
to
the
synergy
of
La-dopants
and
S-vacancies
promote
NO
3
RR
suppress
hydrogen
evolution.
Small,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
18(42)
Published: Sept. 16, 2022
Selective
electrocatalytic
nitrate-to-ammonia
conversion
holds
significant
potential
in
treatment
of
nitrate
wastewater
and
simultaneously
produces
high-value-added
ammonia.
However,
today's
development
technology
remains
hindered
by
the
lack
electrocatalysts
with
high
activity
selectivity.
In
this
work,
metal-organic
framework-derived
CuPd
bimetallic
nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped
carbon
(CuPd/CN)
hybrid
nanoarrays
for
efficient
ammonia
electrosynthesis
from
are
designed
synthesized.
Systematic
characterization
reveals
that
electronic
metal-support
interaction
between
nanoparticles
N-doped
nanocarbon
matrix
could
trigger
interfacial
charge
polarization
over
CuPd/CN
composite
make
Cu
sites
electron
deficient,
which
is
conducive
to
adsorption
ions.
Moreover,
Pd
atom
separate
atoms
catalyze
dissociation
H2
O
molecules
form
adsorbed
H
species,
evolves
into
hydrogen
radicals
behaves
as
dominant
reactive
species
accelerating
electrocatalysis.
These
advantages
endow
faradaic
efficiency
(96.16%),
selectivity
(92.08%)
well
excellent
catalytic
stability
electroreduction
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 790 - 800
Published: Dec. 27, 2022
The
construction
of
efficient
and
stable
electrocatalysts
is
widespread
research
significance
for
electrocatalytic
coupling
reactions.
Herein,
an
amorphous
Rh
metallene
sulfide
with
sulfur-rich
vacancies
(a-RhS2–x
metallene)
synthesized
the
cathodic
nitrobenzene
(Ph-NO2)
electroreduction
reaction
(ERR)
to
aniline
(Ph-NH2)
coupled
anodic
sulfur
ion
(S2–)
oxidation
(SOR)
in
a
coelectrolysis
system.
On
one
hand,
structure
can
provide
enough
reactive
site.
other
amorphization
introduced
S
generate
rich
defects
ligand
unsaturated
sites
improve
intrinsic
activity
active
sites.
Due
these
advantages,
a-RhS2–x
exhibits
superior
performance
Ph-NO2
ERR
SOR.
Inspiringly,
assembled
system,
required
overpotential
only
0.442
V
at
10
mA
cm–2
drive
SOR,
which
allows
promising
energy-efficient
electrolysis
high
value-added
chemicals.
Small,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
19(16)
Published: Jan. 20, 2023
Selective
electrochemical
reduction
of
CO2
into
fuels
or
chemical
feedstocks
is
a
promising
avenue
to
achieve
carbon-neutral
goal,
but
its
development
severely
limited
by
the
lack
highly
efficient
electrocatalysts.
Herein,
cation-exchange
strategy
combined
with
self-reconstruction
successfully
develop
diethylenetriamine-functionalized
mosaic
Bi
nanosheets
(mBi-DETA
NSs)
for
selective
electrocatalytic
formate,
delivering
superior
formate
Faradaic
efficiency
96.87%
at
low
potential
-0.8
VRHE
.
Mosaic
nanosheet
morphology
can
sufficiently
expose
under-coordinated
active
sites
and
promote
activation
molecules
form
OCHO-
*
intermediate.
Moreover,
in
situ
attenuated
total
reflectance
infrared
spectra
further
corroborate
that
surface
microenvironment
modulation
via
DETA
functionalization
improve
adsorption
on
catalyst
stabilize
key
intermediate
(OCHO-
*)
due
presence
amine
groups,
thus
facilitate
-to-HCOO-
reaction
kinetics
formation.
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. 2014 - 2021
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
A
rare-earth
La-doped
VS
2−x
is
reported
as
an
effective
catalyst
for
electrocatalytic
nitrate-to-ammonia
conversion,
which
attributed
to
the
synergy
of
La-dopants
and
S-vacancies
promote
NO
3
RR
suppress
hydrogen
evolution.