Co nanoparticle-decorated pomelo-peel-derived carbon enabled high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia
Quanying Chen, Jie Liang, Qin Liu, Kai Dong, Luchao Yue, Peipei Wei, Yongsong Luo, Qian Liu, Na Li, Bo Tang, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Mohamed S. Hamdy, Zhenju Jiang, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Cobalt nanoparticle-decorated pomelo-peel-derived carbon acts as a highly active electrocatalyst for NO 3 − –to–NH 3 conversion, capable of attaining a large faradaic efficiency of 90.1% and an ultrahigh NH 3 yield of 1.1 mmol h −1 mg cat . −1 .
Topics & Concepts
NitrateAmmoniaElectrocatalystChemistryYield (engineering)NanoparticleInorganic chemistryCarbon fibersElectrochemistryNuclear chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryElectrodeComposite numberMetallurgyComposite materialPhysical chemistryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCaching and Content DeliveryAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques