Boosted nitrate electroreduction to ammonia on Fe-doped SnS<sub>2</sub> nanosheet arrays rich in S-vacancies
Kai Chen, Yaojing Luo, Peng Shen, Xiaoxu Liu, Xingchuan Li, Xiaotian Li, Ke Chu
Abstract
Fe–SnS 2 exhibits a high NO 3 RR activity, attributed to that S-vacancies act as the main active sites, while Fe-doping can further regulated the electronic structure of S-vacancies to optimize the binding energies of the NO 3 RR intermediates.
Topics & Concepts
NanosheetDensity functional theoryDopingElectrochemistryMaterials scienceAmmoniaCatalysisYield (engineering)Chemical engineeringNitrateNanotechnologyFaraday efficiencyBinding energyInorganic chemistryChemistryPhysical chemistryComputational chemistryOptoelectronicsAtomic physicsMetallurgyOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysicsEngineeringAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCaching and Content Delivery