High-efficiency electrosynthesis of ammonia with selective reduction of nitrite over an Ag nanoparticle-decorated TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoribbon array
Xiaoya Fan, Xun He, Xianchang Ji, Longcheng Zhang, Jun Li, Long Hu, Xiuhong Li, Shengjun Sun, Dongdong Zheng, Yongsong Luo, Yan Wang, Lisi Xie, Qian Liu, Binwu Ying, Xuping Sun
Abstract
An Ag nanoparticle-decorated TiO 2 nanoribbon array on a titanium plate performs efficiently in electrocatalytic NO 2 − reduction to NH 3 , achieving a large NH 3 yield of 8743.1 μg h −1 cm −2 with a high faradaic efficiency of 96.4%.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrosynthesisNanoparticleYield (engineering)Materials scienceNitriteAmmoniaFaraday efficiencyReduction (mathematics)TitaniumNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryElectrochemistryChemistryNitrateElectrodeMetallurgyPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryGeometryMathematicsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCaching and Content DeliveryAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques