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Achieving ultrahigh electrocatalytic NH3 yield rate on Fe-doped Bi2WO6 electrocatalyst

Yongqin Liu1,2, Liang Huang2, Youxing Fang2, Xinyang Zhu2, Shaojun Dong1,2( )
College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130022, China
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NH3, derived from electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), is promising to satisfy the need of food production and serve as a carbon-free liquid energy carrier in the near future. Yet major challenges remain in enhancing NH3 yield rate and conversion efficiency of available electrocatalysts. This work achieved an ultrahigh electrocatalytic NH3 yield rate on the 0.50Fe-Bi2WO6 catalyst by a facile Fe-doped strategy. Up to 289 μg·h-1·mgcat-1 of NH3 formation rate was obtained at -0.75 V vs. RHE, which was reliably quantized by indophenol blue and 1H NMR methods. The impressive result is an order of magnitude higher than that of the reported Fe- and Bi-based catalysts, even more superior than the result of single atom Ru catalyst. The key of the outstanding NRR behaviors on the 0.50Fe-Bi2WO6 catalyst is the significant hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) suppression and the synergy between Bi and Fe, which can effectively modulate the electron distribution and accelerate the electron transport. This work endows a new insight to further explore the high-performance electrocatalysts toward NRR.

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electrocatalytic ammonia synthesisultrahigh NH3 yield rateFe-doped Bi2WO6synergy effectsuppressing HER

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 8,
August 2021
Pages 2711-2716
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3276-9
Cite this article:
Liu Y, Huang L, Fang Y, et al. Achieving ultrahigh electrocatalytic NH3 yield rate on Fe-doped Bi2WO6 electrocatalyst. Nano Research, 2021, 14(8): 2711-2716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3276-9
Topics:
AmmoniaBismuth compoundsElectrocatalystsHydrogen evolution reaction Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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Received: 11 October 2020
Revised: 25 November 2020
Accepted: 01 December 2020
Published: 25 January 2021
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