<i>Operando</i> investigations of the solid electrolyte interphase in the lithium mediated nitrogen reduction reaction
Niklas H. Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Katja Li, Valerie A. Niemann, Peter Benedek, Valentin Vinci, Shaofeng Li, Xianbiao Fu, Peter C. K. Vesborg, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jakob Kibsgaard, Jakub Drnec, Ib Chorkendorff
Abstract
Operando GI-WAXS showed that the SEI layer formed by LiBF 4 enhances Li-NRR performance by limiting proton transport to the electrode. Intermediate LiN x H y species give insight into the mechanism of Li-NRR.
Topics & Concepts
InterphaseLithium (medication)ElectrolyteNitrogenChemistryLithium metalReduction (mathematics)Inorganic chemistryMaterials scienceElectrodeOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryBiologyMathematicsGeneticsEndocrinologyGeometryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionHydrogen Storage and MaterialsMuon and positron interactions and applications