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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 1240-1251出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta09496j
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21671050]
- Natural Science Funds (NSF) for Distinguished Young Scholar of Heilongjiang Province [JC2018004]
- NSF of Heilongjiang Province of China [JJ2020TD0027]
The coordination structure of Fe-N-C catalyst greatly impacts its catalytic activity towards the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), with Fe-B2N2 showing the lowest limiting potential among all B-doped catalysts. Introducing B coordination effectively modulates the interaction of the single Fe atom with N2H* species, enhancing its NRR catalytic performance. Notably, Fe-B2N2 exhibits high NRR selectivity by suppressing the competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) both thermodynamically and kinetically.
Tuning the electronic structure of a single-atom catalyst (SAC) by controlling its coordination has been recently shown to be a rather promising strategy for further improving its catalytic performance in some electrochemical reactions. Herein, by means of density functional theory (DFT) computations, the impacts of the coordination structure of an Fe-N-C catalyst on its catalytic activity toward the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) were explored. Our results revealed that the NRR activity on the central Fe atom can be greatly improved by its coordination with a boron (B) dopant. In particular, the computed limiting potential of the NRR on Fe-B2N2 is -0.65 V, which is the lowest among all B doped Fe-N-C catalysts, suggesting its high NRR catalytic activity. Interestingly, the introduction of B coordination can effectively modulate the interaction of the single Fe atom with the N2H* species, thus improving its NRR catalytic performance. In addition, Fe-B2N2 exhibits high NRR selectivity by effectively suppressing the competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) both thermodynamically and kinetically. Therefore, the single Fe catalyst with N and B dual coordination can be utilized as a promising NRR electrocatalyst, which not only highlights the significant effect of local coordination on catalytic activity and selectivity for the NRR, but also provides a new opportunity to further develop more advanced single-atom catalysts for ammonia synthesis.
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