• 文献标题:   Mn3O4 nanoparticles@reduced graphene oxide composite: An efficient electrocatalyst for artificial N-2 fixation to NH3 at ambient conditions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG H, GONG F, WANG Y, WANG HB, WU XF, LU WB, ZHAO RB, CHEN HY, SHI XF, ASIRI AM, LI TS, LIU Q, SUN XP
  • 作者关键词:   mn3o4@rgo composite, electrocatalyst, nh3 synthesi, n2 reduction reaction, ambient condition
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   36
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-019-2352-5
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Currently, industrial-scale NH3 production almost relies on energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process from atmospheric N-2 with large amount of CO2 emission, while low-cost and high-efficient catalysts are demanded for the N-2 reduction reaction (NRR). In this study, Mn3O4 nanoparticles@reduced graphene oxide (Mn3O4@rGO) composite is reported as an efficient NRR electrocatalyst with excellent selectivity for NH3 formation. In 0.1 M Na2SO4 solution, such catalyst obtains a NH3 yield of 17.4 gh(-1)mg(cat)(-1). and a Faradaic efficiency of 3.52% at -0.85 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode. Notably, it also shows high electrochemical stability during electrolysis process. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations also demonstrate that the (112) planes of Mn3O4 possess superior NRR activity.