Alkylthiol surface engineering: an effective strategy toward enhanced electrocatalytic N<sub>2</sub>-to-NH<sub>3</sub> fixation by a CoP nanoarray
Zhaobai Du, Jie Liang, Shaoxiong Li, Zhaoquan Xu, Tingshuai Li, Qian Liu, Yonglan Luo, Fang Zhang, Yang Liu, Qingquan Kong, Xifeng Shi, Bo Tang, Abdullah M. Asiri, Baihai Li, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Building a hydrophobic self-assembled monolayer of octadecanethiol on a CoP nanoarray on a titanium mesh (C18@CoP/TM) greatly enhances the N<sub>2</sub> reduction activity with an NH<sub>3</sub> yield of 1.44 × 10<sup>−10</sup> mol s<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−2</sup> and a FE of 14.03% in 0.1 M Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>.
Topics & Concepts
MonolayerYield (engineering)NanotechnologyMaterials scienceChemistryMetallurgyAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion