Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 12, Issue 38, Pages 42821-42831Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11487
Keywords
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction; ammonia synthesis; nitrogen fixation; Au nanoparticles; boron clusters
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2042016HF1054]
- Wuhan University Experiment Technology Project Funding [WHU-2016-SYJS-06]
- Olle Engkvist Byggmastare foundation [189-0223]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA-9550-18-1-0032]
- Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine [0117U003908]
- National Supercomputer Centre at Linkoping University (Sweden) through the project Multiphysics Modeling of Molecular Materials [SNIC 2019-2-41]
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Currently, the development of stable electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (ENRR) catalysts with high N-2 conversion activity and low cost to instead of the traditional Haber-Bosch ammonia production process of high-energy consumption remains a great challenge for researchers. Here, we have immobilized reductive closo-[B12H11](-) boron clusters on a carbon nanotubes (CNT) surface and have successfully prepared a novel Au-CNT catalyst with extraordinary ENRR activity after adding HAuCl4 to the CNT-[B12H11](-) precursor. The excellent properties of ammonia yield (57.7 mu g h(-1) cm(-2)) and Faradaic efficiency (11.97%) make it possible to achieve using this Au-CNT catalyst in large-scale industrial production of ammonia. Furthermore, its outstanding cyclic stability and long-term tolerability performance make it one of the most cost-effective catalysts to date. Here, by means of density functional theory we disclose the associative mechanism of N-2-to-NH3 conversion on the Au(111) surface, providing visual theoretical support for the experimental results.
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