Biomass Juncus derived carbon decorated with cobalt nanoparticles enables high-efficiency ammonia electrosynthesis by nitrite reduction
Jiaqian Wang, Jie Liang, Pengyu Liu, Zhe Yan, Linxia Cui, Luchao Yue, Longcheng Zhang, Yuchun Ren, Tingshuai Li, Yonglan Luo, Qian Liu, Xian‐En Zhao, Na Li, Bo Tang, Yang Liu, Shuyan Gao, Abdullah M. Asiri, Haigang Hao, Rui Gao, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Highly dispersed Co nanoparticles on biomass Juncus derived carbon achieve superb nitrite reduction performances with a faradaic efficiency of 96.9% and an NH 3 yield of 2.8 mol h −1 g Co −1 . The catalytic mechanism is revealed by DFT calculations.
Topics & Concepts
NitriteBiomass (ecology)ElectrosynthesisNanoparticleAmmoniaYield (engineering)CobaltInorganic chemistryChemical engineeringMaterials scienceCatalysisCarbon fibersChemistryNuclear chemistryNanotechnologyNitrateOrganic chemistryElectrochemistryMetallurgyComposite numberAgronomyPhysical chemistryComposite materialElectrodeBiologyEngineeringAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCaching and Content DeliveryAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques