High-efficiency electrohydrogenation of nitric oxide to ammonia on a Ni<sub>2</sub>P nanoarray under ambient conditions
Ting Mou, Jie Liang, Ziyu Ma, Longcheng Zhang, Yiting Lin, Tingshuai Li, Qian Liu, Yonglan Luo, Yang Liu, Shuyan Gao, Haitao Zhao, Abdullah M. Asiri, Dongwei Ma, Xuping Sun
Abstract
A Ni 2 P nanoarray on carbon paper enables NH 3 synthesis via NO reduction (NH 3 yield: 33.47 μmol h −1 cm −2 ; faradaic efficiency: 76.9%). Ni 2 P-based Zn–NO battery shows a power density of 1.53 mW cm −2 with an NH 3 yield of 62.05 μg h −1 mg cat. −1 .
Topics & Concepts
Yield (engineering)Faraday efficiencyAmmoniaPower densityBattery (electricity)OxideMaterials scienceNitric oxideNuclear chemistryChemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Inorganic chemistryChemical engineeringMetallurgyPower (physics)Physical chemistryEnvironmental chemistryElectrochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsElectrodeEngineeringAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceNanomaterials for catalytic reactions