Abstract

Highlights

A new heteronuclear bi-atom electrocatalyst has been proposed by Ma and his co-workers.

The FeV@C2N bi-atom electrocatalyst achieved excellent electrochemical NRR performance.

The FeV@C2N bi-atom electrocatalyst could effectively suppress the side and competing HER reaction, and thus possess better electrochemical NRR selectivity.

The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to directly produce NH3 from N2 and H2O under ambient conditions has attracted significant attention due to its ecofriendliness. Nevertheless, the electrochemical NRR presents several practical challenges, including sluggish reaction and low selectivity. Here, bi-atom catalysts have been proposed to achieve excellent activity and high selectivity toward the electrochemical NRR by Ma and his co-workers. It could accelerate the kinetics of N2-to-NH3 electrochemical conversion and possess better electrochemical NRR selectivity. This work sheds light on the introduction of bi-atom catalysts to enhance the performance of the electrochemical NRR.

Details

Title
Bi-Atom Electrocatalyst for Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reactions
Author
Zhang, Wenchao 1 ; Zhang, Bin-Wei 2 

 Central South University, Institute of Environmental Engineering, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Changsha, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.216417.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 0379 7164); Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.510935.b); University of Wollongong, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Wollongong, Australia (GRID:grid.1007.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0486 528X) 
 University of Wollongong, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Wollongong, Australia (GRID:grid.1007.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0486 528X) 
Pages
106
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Dec 2021
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
23116706
e-ISSN
21505551
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2509428279
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.