Journal
MATERIALS TODAY PHYSICS
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2021.100586
Keywords
MnO2-x nanowire array; Oxygen vacancies; Electrocatalyst; NO reduction reaction; NH3 electrosynthesis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22072015]
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The study presents a MnO2 nanowire array with oxygen vacancies as a high-active and stable electrocatalyst for NO reduction into NH3. Under specific conditions, this catalyst shows high NH3 yield and Faradic efficiency. Density function theory calculations suggest that the presence of oxygen vacancies enhances NO adsorption on the MnO2-x surface.
Electrochemical NO reduction into NH3 addresses the need for harmful NO abatement and offers an attractive alternative to the industrial Haber-Bosch process, but it requires the development of advanced catalysts with high activity and selectivity toward NH3 synthesis. In this work, we report on our recent experimental findings that a MnO2 with oxygen vacancies (V-O) nanowire array on Ti mesh (MnO2-x NA/TM) behaves as a high-active and stable electrocatalyst for ambient NO reduction to NH3. In 0.2 M Na2SO4, such catalyst shows a large NH3 yield of 27.51 x 10(-10) mol s(-1) cm(-2) and a high Faradic efficiency of 82.8%, considerably outperforming the pristine MnO2 counterpart (8.83 x 10(-10) mol s(-1) cm(-2), 4 4.8%). Density function theory calculations indicate that NO adsorption is enhanced on MnO2-x (211) surface due to stronger electronic interaction between NO and Mn atoms as a result of the V-O. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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