Co/N-doped carbon nanospheres derived from an adenine-based metal organic framework enabled high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia
Jie Chen, Tao Gong, Qian Hou, Jun Li, Longcheng Zhang, Donglin Zhao, Yongsong Luo, Dongdong Zheng, Tingshuai Li, Shengjun Sun, Zhengwei Cai, Qian Liu, Lisi Xie, Min Wu, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Co/N-doped carbon nanospheres act as a superb catalyst for ambient NH 3 synthesis via electrochemical NO 3 − reduction, attaining a large NH 3 yield of 758.0 μmol h −1 mg cat. −1 and a high faradaic efficiency of up to 96.5%.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrocatalystAmmoniaElectrochemistryNitrateFaraday efficiencyYield (engineering)Carbon fibersInorganic chemistryChemistryMetalMaterials scienceElectrodeOrganic chemistryComposite numberMetallurgyComposite materialPhysical chemistryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCaching and Content Delivery