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CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 11, 期 20, 页码 6750-6754出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01235e
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This study reports nanoflower-like yttrium fluoride as a high-efficiency electrocatalyst for the synthesis of ammonia under mild conditions. The catalyst exhibits good ammonia yield rate and faradaic efficiency, along with excellent selectivity and stability. Density functional theory calculations reveal the mechanism of electron transfer and N-2 molecule activation in promoting H atom adsorption.
Ammonia as a vital chemical is not only indispensable to agriculture but also crucial to some energy devices like fuel cells. However, conventional ammonia production remains energy-intensive and environmentally hostile, and thus electrochemical synthesis of ammonia under mild conditions receives increasing attention. Herein, we report nanoflower-like yttrium fluoride (YF3) as a high-efficiency electrocatalyst for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) for the synthesis of ammonia. Such a catalyst exhibits an ammonia yield rate of 15.5 mu g h(-1) mg(cat)(-1) and a faradaic efficiency (FE) of 26.2% in 0.1 M Na2SO4, and also shows excellent selectivity and stability. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that electrons transfer from the N N bond to N-Y and N-H bonds, and the activation of N-2 molecules promotes the adsorption of H atoms.
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