Carbon nanofiber-supported Cu nanoparticles for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia
Tan Wang, Liyan Niu, Kaijie Zhang, Yasen Wang, Haoran Guo, Xuesong He, Haohong Xian, Tingshuai Li
Abstract
electrochemical tests and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that nitrate at the surface of Cu@CNFs firstly undergoes deoxygenation and then hydrogeneration to produce ammonia, and *NO-*N is the rate determining step with a barrier of only 0.79 eV.
Topics & Concepts
Carbon nanofiberAmmoniaNitrateNanoparticleNanofiberCarbon fibersChemical engineeringCarbon NanoparticlesReduction (mathematics)ChemistryInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceEnvironmental chemistryNanotechnologyCarbon nanotubeOrganic chemistryComposite numberComposite materialGeometryEngineeringMathematicsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCaching and Content DeliveryHydrogen Storage and Materials