Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 10, Issue 30, Pages 14386-14389Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04524k
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Industrially, NH3 is mainly produced via the Haber-Bosch process which is not only energy-consuming but emits a large amount of CO2. Electrochemical reduction is regarded as an environmentally-benign alternative for sustainable NH3 synthesis, and its efficiency heavily depends on the identification of Earth-abundant catalysts with high activity for the N-2 reduction reaction (NRR). In this work, we report that a spinel Fe3O4 nanorod on a Ti mesh (Fe3O4/Ti) acts as an efficient and durable NRR electrocatalyst under ambient conditions. When tested in 0.1 M Na2SO4, such Fe3O4/Ti achieves a high faradaic efficiency of 2.6% and a NH3 yield 5.6 x 10(-11) mol s(-1) cm(-2) and at -0.4 V vs. a reversible hydrogen electrode.
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