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The surface engineering of MOF-derived titanium oxide-carbon multifunctional composite catalyst for efficient electrochemical nitrogen reduction

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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 570, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151257

Keywords

Nitrogen reduction; MOF; TiO2; Heterogeneous interface; Oxygen vacancy

Funding

  1. National Natural Foundation of China [21875205, 21671168]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Hebei [206Z4404G, B2021203016]

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The design of multifunctional composite catalysts has improved the performance of electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR), leading to increased ammonia (NH3) yield and Faradaic efficiency.
Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) is a promising strategy for ammonia (NH3) synthesis owing to its features of sustainability and non-pollution. However, the nonpolar N-2 triple bond (N N) and competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) cause eNRR to be far away from practical applications. Hence, the multifunctional composite catalysts are designed to overcome the extreme conditions by the combinaton of surface engineering and structural design. Benefiting from the oxygen vacancy (O-v), phase heterogeneous interface and functional porous carbon matrix, O-v-TiO2@C/Cu possesses superior eNRR performance that NH3 yield and Faradaic efficiency achieve 16.10 mu g h(-1) mg(-1) at -0.60 V vs. RHE and 6.04% at -0.55 V vs. RHE, respectively. On the basis of the in-situ Raman spectra analysis, the characteristic peaks of O-Ti-O symmetric stretching vibration and phase heterogeneous structure gradually become weak under the various potentials electrolysis, which indicates that O-v and heterogeneous interface can serve as electron trappers and active sites to absorb N-2. The rational combination of surface engineering and composite structure design for creating active sites will open new avenues beyond the use of noble metal-based catalysts for eNRR.

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