• 文献标题:   A MoS2 nanosheet-reduced graphene oxide hybrid: an efficient electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic N-2 reduction to NH3 under ambient conditions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI XH, REN X, LIU XJ, ZHAO JX, SUN X, ZHANG Y, KUANG X, YAN T, WEI Q, WU D
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Jinan
  • 被引频次:   51
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8ta10433f
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

NH3 production heavily relies on the traditional Haber-Bosch process, which is not only energy-intensive (1-3% of human's energy consumption) but also carbon-intensive (1.6% of global CO2 emissions). Electrochemical reduction offers a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative for NH3 synthesis. Despite tremendous efforts, developing N2 reduction reaction (NRR) electrocatalysts with high activity and durability remains a great challenge. Here, we firstly report a MoS2 nanosheet-reduced graphene oxide hybrid (MoS2-rGO) as a highperformance catalyst for the NRR. In 0.1 M LiClO4, this catalyst attains a high faradaic efficiency of 4.58% and a highNH(3) yield of 24.82 mg h(-1) mg(cat.)(-1) at -0.45 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode. Notably, such MoS2-rGO shows high electrochemical stability during electrolysis and recycling tests. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the potential-determining step of the proton-electron coupling transferring process is *NHNH2 -> *NH2NH2, and the following hydrogenation steps are feasible.