期刊
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
卷 40, 期 2, 页码 152-159出版社
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(18)63197-3
关键词
Electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis; Single atom catalyst; MXene; Transition metal; Density functional theory; Overpotential; Gibbs free energy
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21625604, 21776251, 21671172, 21706229, 21878272]
Electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis under mild conditions is an attractive and challenging process in the earth's nitrogen cycle, which requires efficient and stable catalysts to reduce the overpotential. The N-2 activation and reduction overpotential of different Ti3C2O2-supported transition metal (TM) (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, and Au) single-atom catalysts have been analyzed in terms of the Gibbs free energies calculated using the density functional theory (DFT). The end-on N-2 adsorption was more energetically favorable, and the negative free energies represented good N-2 activation performance, especially in the presence Fe/Ti3C2O2(-0.75 eV). The overpotentials of Fe/Ti3C2O2, Co/Ti3C2O2, Ru/Ti3C2O2, and Rh/Ti(3)C(2)O(2 )were 0.92, 0.89, 1.16, and 0.84 eV, respectively. The potential required for ammonia synthesis was different for different TMs and ranged from 0.68 to 2.33 eV. Two possible potential-limiting steps may be involved in the process: (i) hydrogenation of N-2 to *NNH and (ii) hydrogenation of *NH2 to ammonia. These catalysts can change the reaction pathway and avoid the traditional N-N bond-breaking barrier. It also simplifies the understanding of the relationship between the Gibbs free energy and overpotential, which is a significant factor in the rational designing and large-scale screening of catalysts for the electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis. (C) 2019, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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