• 文献标题:   Defect-rich ZnS nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide for high-efficiency ambient N-2-to-NH3 conversion
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO JX, LIU XJ, REN X, SUN X, TIAN DX, WEI Q, WU D
  • 作者关键词:   nitrogen reduction reaction, electrocatalyst, defectrich znsrgo, vacancy engineering, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED CATALYSIS BENVIRONMENTAL
  • ISSN:   0926-3373 EI 1873-3883
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  • 被引频次:   34
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119746
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Electrochemical N-2 reduction is developing as an appealing carbon-neutral strategy for NH3 artificial synthesis but seriously influenced by requiring high-efficiency electmcatalysts for the N-2 activation at ambient conditions. Here, we reported that defective-rich ZnS nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide (DR ZnS-rGO) acts as a high-efficiency electmcatalyst for ambient N-2-to-NH3 conversion with excellent selectivity. In 0.1 M HCl, such DR ZnS-rGO presents a large NH3 yield of 51.2 mu g h(-1) mg(cat)(-1). (-0.15 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) and a high faradic efficiency of 28.2 % (-0.10 V vs. RHE), as well as high electrochemical and structure stability. Isotopic labelling samples experiments reveal that the synthetic NH3 directly arise from the supplied N-2. Density functional theory calculations demonstrated that the engineering S vacancies in DR ZnS-rGO not only provide reaction sites for N-2-to-NH3 conversion but activate of N-2 molecules.