• 文献标题:   ZrN6-Doped Graphene for Ammonia Synthesis: A Density Functional Theory Study
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   WU J, YANG L, LIU X, ZHANG Z, LIU SP, XIAO BB
  • 作者关键词:   nitrogen reduction reaction, density functional theory, graphene, thermodynamic, electrocatalyst
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMPHYSCHEM
  • ISSN:   1439-4235 EI 1439-7641
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/cphc.202200864 EA JAN 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Considering the pivotal role of ammonia in the modern chemical industry, designing effective catalysts for the N-2-to-NH3 conversion stimulates great research enthusiasms. In this work, by means of density functional theory calculations, we systematically investigated the electrocatalysis of six-coordinated transition metal atom anchored graphene for nitrogen fixation. The free energy analysis shows that the ZrN6 configuration has a good activity toward ammonia synthesis under overpotential of 0.51 V. According to the electron transfer analysis, ZrN6 site plays a bridging role in charge transfer between the functional graphene and the reactant. Furthermore, the presence of N-6 coordination increases the electron accumulation on the NNHx intermediates, which weakens the intermolecular N-N bond, reducing the thermodynamic barrier of protonation process. This work provides a basic understanding of the interaction between transition metal and the adjacent coordination in tuning the reactivity.