Origin of electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction activity over transition metal disulfides: critical role of <i>in situ</i> generation of S vacancy
Tianyi Wang, Zhongyuan Guo, Hirofumi Oka, Akichika Kumatani, Chuangwei Liu, Hao Li
Abstract
We identified an interesting electrochemistry-driven “ in situ ” generation of S-vacancies of transition metal disulfides, which serves as an origin of promising electrochemical ammonia synthesis activity.
Topics & Concepts
In situVacancy defectTransition metalNitrogenReduction (mathematics)MetalMaterials scienceChemistryCrystallographyMetallurgyCatalysisMathematicsBiochemistryOrganic chemistryGeometryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCaching and Content Delivery