Journal
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS
Volume 483, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110705
Keywords
Graphdiyne; O-doped; Metal-free catalyst; Nitrogen reduction reaction; Strain engineering
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61674053]
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province [162300410325]
- Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province [18HASTIT030]
- Henan Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation [CXJD2019005]
- High Performance Computing Center of Henan Normal University
- Aid program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team of Zhengzhou Normal University
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Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a sustainable and promising strategy for the conversion of N-2 into NH3. However, electrocatalytic NRR is vitally dependent on metal-based catalysts, and it remains a huge challenge in achieving effective NRR on metal-free catalysts. Here we report that O-doped graphdiyne (GDY) as a metal-free NRR electrocatalyst in aqueous solution. O doping in the GDY results in the redistribution of electron density, where the sp-C atom nearest to the O atom provides enhanced capture to N-2 molecules. The influence of surface strain on the progression of NRR on O-doped GDY surface has been investigated using the density functional theory (DFT) calculation method. The OFF calculations predict that the potential-limiting steps (PIS) do not vary with the strain, which is *NHNH2 ->*NH2NH2 for alternating mechanism and *NH2 ->*NH3 for distal mechanism wider the strain range of -1%similar to +5%; the limiting potentials of alternating mechanism is higher than that of distal mechanism; the limiting potentials of two mechanisms decrease with the tensile strain. It can be inferred that the NRR activity increases with a tensile strain of 0%similar to + 5%. Our study not only gets deep insights into the catalytic activity of O-doped GDY but also highlights the significance of strain engineering for catalyst design.
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