High-performance ammonia fixation electrocatalyzed by ReS2 nanosheet array
- 9 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in New Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 45 (26), 11457-11460
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj01896e
Abstract
The industrial-scale NH3 production still heavily depends on the Haber–Bosch process, which not only demands high energy consumption but also emits a large amount of CO2. The electrochemical fixation of N2 to NH3 under ambient conditions is regarded as an eco-friendly and sustainable approach, but stable and efficient electrocatalysts are demanded for the N2 reduction reaction under ambient conditions. In this communication, ReS2 nanosheet array on carbon cloth (ReS2/CC) is first utilized in NRR. This ReS2/CC exhibits high catalytic activity and strong long-term electrochemical durability. The Faraday efficiency of ReS2/CC is 0.78% and the NH3 yield of ReS2/CC is 3.61 × 10−10 mol s−1 cm−2 at −0.4 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in 0.1 M HCl.Funding Information
- National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Projects of China (21627809)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21575050, 21505051, 21777056)
- Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province (ts201712052)
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