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Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation Boosts Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia over Single-Atom Cu with Cu(I)-N3C1 Sites

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 56, 期 20, 页码 14797-14807

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04456

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electrocatalytic nitrate reduction; ammonia synthesis; single-atom catalysts; copper; hydrogenation

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation
  3. [51878472]
  4. [PCRRK 21003]

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Selective nitrate reduction and ammonia synthesis can be achieved at ambient conditions using atomic Cu sites anchored on micro-/mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon, providing a potential solution for decentralized nitrate removal and utilization of nitrate-containing wastewater.
The conversion of nitrate to ammonia can serve two important functions: mitigating nitrate pollution and offering a low energy intensity pathway for ammonia synthesis. Conventional ammonia synthesis from electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reactions (NO3RR) is often impeded by incomplete nitrate conversion, sluggish kinetics, and the competition of hydrogen evolution reactions. Herein, atomic Cu sites anchored on micro-/mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon (Cu MNC) with fine-tuned hydrophilicity, micro-/mesoporous channels, and abundant Cu(I) sites were synthesized for selective nitrate reduction to ammonia, achieving ambient temperature and pressure hydrogenation of nitrate. Laboratory experiments demon-strated that the catalyst has an ammonia yield rate per active site of 5466 mmol gCu-1 h-1 and transformed 94.8% nitrate in wastewater containing 100 mg-N L-1 to near drinking water standard (MCL of 5 mg-N L-1) at -0.64 V vs RHE. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and theoretical calculations showed that the coordination environment of Cu(I) sites (Cu(I)-N3C1) localizes the charge around the central Cu atoms and adsorbs *NO3 and *H onto neighboring Cu and C sites with balanced adsorption energy. The Cu(I)-N3C1 moieties reduce the activation energy of rate-limiting steps (*HNO3-* *NO2, *NH2-* *NH3) compared with conventional Cu(II)-N4 and lead to a thermodynamically favorable process to NH3. The as-prepared electrocatalytic cell can run continuously for 84 h (14 cycles) and produce 21.7 mgNH3 with only 5.64 x 10-3 kWh energy consumption, suitable for decentralized nitrate removal and ammonia synthesis from nitrate-containing wastewater.

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