Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis
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Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis
Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis
中国化学工程学报(英文版)2022年41卷第1期 页码:358-365
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1. School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup,WA,Australia,6027
2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University,Nanjing,China,210037
3. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology,Zhenjiang,China,212003
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Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Hong Wu, 等. Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis[J]. 中国化学工程学报(英文版), 2022,41(1):358-365.
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Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Hong Wu, 等. Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis[J]. 中国化学工程学报(英文版), 2022,41(1):358-365.DOI:
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Controllable synthesis of a hollow Cr2O3 electrocatalyst for enhanced nitrogen reduction toward ammonia synthesis
As a fascinating alternative to the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process
the electrochemically-driven N
2
reduction reaction (NRR) utilizing the N
2
and H
2
O for the production of NH
3
has received enormous attention. The development and preparation of promising electrocatalysts are requisite to realize an efficient N
2
conversion for NH
3
production. In this research
we propose a template-assisted strategy to construct the hollow electrocatalyst with controllable morphology. As a paradigm
the hollow Cr
2
O
3
nanocatalyst with a uniform size (~170 nm)
small cavity and ultrathin shell (~15 nm) is successfully fabricated with this strategy. This promising hollow structure is favourable to trap N
2
into the cavity
provides abundant active sites to accelerate the three-phase interactions
and facilitates the reactant transfer across the shell. Attributed to these synergetic effects
the designed catalyst displays an outstanding behaviour in N
2
fixation for NH
3
production in ambient condition. In the neutral electrolyte of 0.
1 mol·L
-1
Na
2
SO
4
an impressive electrocatalytic performance with the NH
3
generation rate of 2.72 μg·h
-1
·cm
-2
and a high FE of 5.31% is acquired respectively at -0.85 V with the hollow Cr
2
O
3
catalyst. Inspired by this work
it is highly expected that this approach could be applied as a universal strategy and extended to fabricating other promising electrocatalysts for realizing highly efficient nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR).
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