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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 56, Issue 25, Pages 3673-3676Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc10087c
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21575137]
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Industrially, artifical N-2 fixation to NH3 mainly relies on the Haber-Bosch process which is operated in a harsh environment with large energy consumption and heavy serious greenhouse gas emission. Electrochemical N-2 reduction offers a carbon-neutral and energy-saving method for NH3 synthesis under ambient conditions. Herein, we demonstrate the first use of ZrO2 nanoparticles as an earth-abundant electrocatalyst for NH3 synthesis from N-2 and water under ambient conditions. In 0.1 M HCl, the electrocatalyst presents a large NH3 yield rate of 24.74 mu g h(-1) mg(cat.)(-1) with a faradaic efficiency of 5.0% at -0.45 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode. It also demonstrates high electrochemical stability and excellent selectivity for NH3 generation.
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