Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticle-decorated 3D pinewood-derived carbon for high-efficiency electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia
Ting Xie, Zhengwei Cai, Xuwei Liu, Jun Li, Xiaoya Fan, Xun He, Yonglan Luo, Dongdong Zheng, Shengjun Sun, Sulaiman Alfaifi, Chenggang Xu, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles-decorated 3D pinewood-derived carbon enables ambient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia, attaining a large NH 3 yield of 394.8 μmol h −1 cm −2 and high faradaic efficiency of 91.6% in 0.1 M NaOH with 0.1 M NO 3 − .
Topics & Concepts
ElectrochemistryAmmoniaFaraday efficiencyNitrateNanoparticleCatalysisYield (engineering)Ammonia productionCarbon fibersInorganic chemistryElectron transferChemistryChemical engineeringMaterials scienceNuclear chemistryNanotechnologyElectrodePhotochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryMetallurgyComposite numberEngineeringComposite materialAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesNanomaterials for catalytic reactions