Bi nanodendrites for efficient electrocatalytic N<sub>2</sub> fixation to NH<sub>3</sub> under ambient conditions
Fengyi Wang, Xu Lv, Xiaojuan Zhu, Juan Du, Siyu Lu, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Khalid A. Alzahrani, Baozhan Zheng, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Bi nanodendrite acts as an efficient electrocatalyst for ambient N<sub>2</sub>-to-NH<sub>3</sub> with NH<sub>3</sub> yield rate of 25.86 μg h<sup>−1</sup> mg<sup>−1</sup><sub>cat.</sub> and faradaic efficiency of 10.8% at −0.60 V and −0.55 V <italic>versus</italic> RHE, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
Fixation (population genetics)Materials scienceInorganic chemistryChemistryBiochemistryGeneAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionHydrogen Storage and MaterialsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques