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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 48, Issue 53, Pages 25328-25338Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.241
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Catalysts; Iron-based nanoparticles; Oxygen vacancies; Green ammonia synthesis; Nitrogen electroreduction reaction
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In this study, Fe-based nanoparticles with different morphology were deposited on carbon cloth via drop-casting and chemical reduction. The catalyst activity was evaluated and optimized, resulting in a significant increase in ammonia production. The optimized catalysts produced ammonia with a yield of 26.44 μg mgcat-1h-1 and a Faradaic efficiency of 20.4%, more than five times higher than without activation.
Electrochemical ammonia synthesis from N2 under mild condition is considered a prom-ising strategy to store energy produced by renewable sources, but it is affected by the lack of efficient catalysts for nitrogen reduction. In this work Fe-based nanoparticles with different morphology are deposited on carbon cloth via drop-casting and chemical reduction. The catalyst activity has been evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and chro-noamperometry, using a 0.01 M phosphate buffered electrolyte (PBS). The produced ammonia has been determined through the indophenol method. As effective strategy to improve the catalytic activity, the morphology and particle size have been optimized and an electrochemical activation procedure has been implemented. Activation increases the available active sites and is related to higher amount of oxygen vacancies and Fe+2/Fe+3 ratio. Catalysts with optimized morphology produce ammonia at-0.35 V vs RHE with yield of 26.44 & mu;g mgcat-1h-1 and Faradaic efficiency of 20.4%, more than five times higher than without activation.& COPY; 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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