Advanced Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2025
Abstract
Electroreduction
of
nitrite
to
ammonia
has
significant
promise
for
economical
NH
3
electrosynthesis
and
wastewater
treatment.
Herein,
sulfur
vacancies
rich
Cu─N
co‐doped
SnS
2
nanosheet
is
designed
as
a
highly
active
durable
NO
RR
catalyst.
Benefiting
from
the
strategy,
Cu/N‐SnS
2‐x
achieves
highest
yield
rate
18.15mg
h
−1
mg
cat
at
−0.935
V
(vs
RHE)
excellent
Faradaic
Efficiency
95.73%
−0.835
RHE).
In
situ
FT‐IR
in
XPS
proves
that
greater
capacity
atomic
hydrogen
generation,
which
facilitates
conversion
maintains
structural
stability
during
process.
Theoretical
calculations
reveal
introduced
effectively
expose
metal
atoms
inside
make
them
adsorb
efficiently,
accelerates
transformation
ammonia.
Besides,
Cu
N
can
form
new
electronic
structure,
induces
an
electron‐deficient
state
promotes
adsorption
reaction
intermediates
on
Cu,
reduces
energy
barrier
reduction
surface.
The
current
exploration
presents
fresh
prospects
rational
development
effective
electrocatalyst
synthesizing
nitrite.
Advanced Energy Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 16, 2024
Abstract
Urea
electrosynthesis
from
co‐electrolysis
of
CO
2
and
NO
3
−
(UECN)
offers
an
innovative
route
for
converting
waste
/NO
into
valuable
urea.
Herein,
Zn
single
atoms
anchored
on
oxygen
vacancy
(OV)‐rich
In
O
3‐x
(Zn
1
/In
)
are
developed
as
a
highly
active
selective
UECN
catalyst,
delivering
the
highest
urea
yield
rate
41.6
mmol
h
−1
g
urea‐Faradaic
efficiency
55.8%
at
−0.7
V
in
flow
cell,
superior
to
most
previously
reported
catalysts.
situ
spectroscopic
measurements
theoretical
calculations
unveil
synergy
In/Zn
sites
OVs
promoting
process
via
tandem
catalysis
mechanism,
where
‐OV
site
activates
form
*
NH
while
In‐OV
CO.
The
formed
spontaneously
migrates
nearby
then
couples
with
generate
CONH
which
is
ultimately
converted
Advanced Energy Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(43)
Опубликована: Авг. 16, 2024
Abstract
Urea
electrosynthesis
from
co‐electrolysis
of
NO
3
−
and
CO
2
(UENC)
under
ambient
conditions
is
recognized
as
an
appealing
approach
for
effective
sustainable
urea
production,
while
it
requires
high‐efficiency
UENC
electrocatalysts
to
promote
the
C─N
coupling
hydrogenation
processes.
Herein,
single‐atom
Cu
anchored
on
MoS
(Cu
1
‐MoS
)
explored
a
highly
active
selective
catalyst.
Theoretical
calculations
operando
spectroscopic
characterizations
unveil
synergistic
tandem
catalysis
UENC,
where
single
atoms
trigger
early
coupling,
‐edges
key
step
*
NH
COOHNH
generation.
Strikingly,
equipped
in
flow
cell
achieves
excellent
performance
with
maximum
urea‐Faradaic
efficiency
57.02%
at
−0.6
V
corresponding
yield
rate
23.3
mmol
h
−1
g
,
surpassing
nearly
all
previously
reported
catalysts.
Advanced Energy Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(42)
Опубликована: Сен. 25, 2024
Abstract
Using
low
and
optimized
magnetic
field
along
with
electric
is
a
novel
strategy
to
facilitate
electrochemical
nitrite
reduction
reaction
(NO
2
RR).
Herein,
the
assisted
electrocatalytic
ammonia
synthesis
employing
spin‐thrusted
β‐MnPc
at
95
mT
explored.
The
calculated
rate
of
generation
16603.4
µg
h
−1
mg
cat
,
which
almost
twice
that
nonpolarized
manganese
phthalocyanine
(MnPc)
catalyst.
Additionally,
Faradaic
efficiency
(FE)
–0.9
V
versus
RHE
found
be
92.9%,
significantly
higher
compared
MnPc
In
presence
external
field,
catalysts
provide
better
electron
transfer
channel
results
in
lower
charge
resistance
hence
performances.
Density
functional
theory
(DFT)
result
further
verifies
induced
has
potential
barrier
(0.51
eV)
for
protonation
NO*
than
(1.08
eV),
confirms
enhanced
ammonia.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 5, 2025
Abstract
Electrocatalytic
NO
3
−
reduction
to
NH
is
a
promising
technique
for
both
ammonia
synthesis
and
nitrate
wastewater
treatment.
However,
this
conversion
involves
tandem
processes
of
H
2
O
dissociation
hydrogenation,
leading
inferior
Faraday
efficiency
(FE)
yield
rate.
Herein,
catalyst
by
anchoring
atomically
dispersed
Cu
species
on
Mo‐doped
WO
(Cu
5
/Mo
0.6
‐WO
)
the
RR
constructed,
which
achieves
superior
FE
N
98.6%
rate
26.25
mg
h
−1
cat
at
−0.7
V
(vs
RHE)
in
alkaline
media,
greatly
exceeding
performance
Mo
/WO
counterparts.
Systematic
electrochemical
measurement
results
reveal
that
promoted
activation
sites,
accompanying
accelerated
water
producing
active
hydrogens
are
responsible
performance.
In
situ
infrared
spectroscopy
theoretical
calculation
further
demonstrate
sites
accelerate
,
dopant
activates
adjacent
resulting
decreased
energy
barrier
*
stepwise
hydrogenation
processes,
making
thermodynamically
favorable.
This
work
demonstrates
critical
role
atomic
level
enhancing
electrocatalytic
paving
feasible
avenue
developing
high‐performance
electrocatalysts.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
147(9), С. 8012 - 8023
Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025
The
electrocatalytic
nitrite
reduction
(NO2RR)
converts
nitrogen-containing
pollutants
to
high-value
ammonia
(NH3)
under
ambient
conditions.
However,
its
multiple
intermediates
and
multielectron
coupled
proton
transfer
process
lead
low
activity
NH3
selectivity
for
the
existing
electrocatalysts.
Herein,
we
synthesize
a
solid-solution
copper-zinc
cyanamide
(Cu0.8Zn0.2NCN)
with
localized
structure
distortion
tailored
surface
electrostatic
potential,
allowing
asymmetric
binding
of
NO2-.
It
exhibits
outstanding
NO2RR
performance
Faradaic
efficiency
∼100%
an
yield
22
mg
h-1
cm-2,
among
best
such
process.
Theoretical
calculations
in
situ
spectroscopic
measurements
demonstrate
that
Cu-Zn
sites
coordinated
linear
polarized
[NCN]2-
could
transform
symmetric
[Cu-O-N-O-Cu]
CuNCN-NO2-
[Cu-N-O-Zn]
configuration
Cu0.8Zn0.2NCN-NO2-,
thus
enhancing
adsorption
bond
cleavage.
A
paired
electro-refinery
Cu0.8Zn0.2NCN
cathode
reaches
2000
mA
cm-2
at
2.36
V
remains
fully
operational
industrial-level
400
>140
h
production
rate
∼30
mgNH3
cm-2.
Our
work
opens
new
avenue
tailoring
potentials
using
strategy
advanced
electrocatalysis.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 12, 2024
Abstract
Urea
electrosynthesis
from
co‐electrolysis
of
NO
3
−
and
CO
2
(UENC)
provides
an
alternative
route
for
realizing
efficient
sustainable
urea
production.
In
this
work,
single‐atom
Ru
dispersed
on
Co
(Ru
1
Co)
is
demonstrated
as
effective
robust
catalyst
the
UENC.
situ
spectroscopic
measurements
theoretical
simulations
unravel
cooperative
effect
sites
to
promote
UENC
process
via
a
tandem
catalysis
mechanism,
where
site
activates
adsorption
hydrogenation
form
*
NH
,
while
hydrogenation/deoxygenation
CO.
The
generated
then
transferred
nearby
which
promotes
C─N
coupling
toward
formation.
Strikingly,
assembled
in
flow
cell
shows
highest
urea‐Faradaic
efficiency
50.1%
with
corresponding
yield
rate
22.34
mmol
h
−1
g
at
−0.5
V
(RHE),
superior
most
reported
catalysts