High-performance NH<sub>3</sub> production <i>via</i> NO electroreduction over a NiO nanosheet array
Pengyu Liu, Jie Liang, Jiaqian Wang, Longcheng Zhang, Jun Li, Luchao Yue, Yuchun Ren, Tingshuai Li, Yonglan Luo, Na Li, Bo Tang, Qian Liu, Abdullah M. Asiri, Qingquan Kong, Xuping Sun
Abstract
A NiO nanosheet array is active for NH 3 electrosynthesis via a NO reduction reaction, attaining a faradaic efficiency of 90% and an NH 3 yield of 2130 μg h −1 cm −2 . Its aqueous Zn–NO battery offers a power density of 0.88 mW cm −2 and an NH 3 yield of 228 μg h −1 cm −2 .
Topics & Concepts
Non-blocking I/ONanosheetFaraday efficiencyElectrocatalystYield (engineering)Materials scienceAqueous solutionElectrochemistryReduction (mathematics)Chemical engineeringChemistryNanotechnologyElectrodeCatalysisPhysical chemistryMetallurgyOrganic chemistryEngineeringGeometryMathematicsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science