CuS concave polyhedral superstructures enabled efficient N<sub>2</sub> electroreduction to NH<sub>3</sub> at ambient conditions
Shaoxiong Li, Yuanming Wu, Qian Liu, Baihai Li, Tingshuai Li, Haitao Zhao, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Khalid A. Alzahrani, Yonglan Luo, Lei Li, Xuping Sun
Abstract
CuS concave polyhedral superstructures with high symmetry offer an appealing <italic>V</italic><sub>NH3</sub> of 18.18 μg h<sup>−1</sup> mg<sup>−1</sup><sub>cat.</sub> and a faradaic efficiency of 5.63% at −0.15 V <italic>vs.</italic> RHE in 0.1 M HCl.
Topics & Concepts
X-ray crystallographyCrystallographyFaraday efficiencyChemistryMaterials sciencePhysicsDiffractionElectrochemistryPhysical chemistryElectrodeOpticsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applications