• 文献标题:   TiO2 nanoparticles-reduced graphene oxide hybrid: an efficient and durable electrocatalyst toward artificial N-2 fixation to NH3 under ambient conditions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG XX, LIU Q, SHI XF, ASIRI AM, LUO YL, SUN XP, LI TS
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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:   China West Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   59
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8ta05627g
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The Haber-Bosch process enables the industrial production of NH3 from N-2 and H-2, but it has problems with high energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Electrochemical reduction offers an environmentally-benign and sustainable alternative for NH3 synthesis. In this communication, we describe a TiO2 nanoparticles-reduced graphene oxide hybrid (TiO2-rGO) which behaves as an efficient non-noble-metal N-2 reduction reaction (NRR) electrocatalyst for N-2-to-NH3 conversion with excellent selectivity. When tested in 0.1 M Na2SO4, the TiO2-rGO achieves a high faradaic efficiency of 3.3% and a large NH3 yield of 15.13 mu g h(-1) mg(cat.)(-1) at -0.90 V vs. a reversible hydrogen electrode. Notably, this catalyst also shows high electrochemical stability during electrolysis and recycling tests.