Ambient N<sub>2</sub>-to-NH<sub>3</sub>fixation over a CeO<sub>2</sub>nanoparticle decorated three-dimensional carbon skeleton
Chengchen Liu, Shaoxiong Li, Zerong Li, Longcheng Zhang, Haijun Chen, Donglin Zhao, Shengjun Sun, Yonglan Luo, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Mohamed S. Hamdy, Qian Liu, Xuping Sun
Abstract
A CeO 2 nanoparticle decorated three-dimensional carbon skeleton derived from Juncus performs for electrocatalytic N 2 -to-NH 3 conversion, capable of attaining a large NH 3 yield of 33.4 μg h −1 mg cat. −1 and a faradaic efficiency of 6.1% at −0.6 V vs. RHE.
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NanoparticleYield (engineering)Carbon fixationFaraday efficiencyCarbon fibersMaterials scienceCarbon skeletonFixation (population genetics)Skeleton (computer programming)Carbon NanoparticlesNanotechnologyChemical engineeringChemistryElectrochemistryCarbon dioxideStereochemistryElectrodeOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryComposite materialComputer scienceEngineeringComposite numberGeneBiochemistryProgramming languageAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science