Boosting electrocatalytic ammonia production through mimicking “π back-donation”

• Main Authors: Lv, Chade, Zhong, Lixiang, Yao, Yao, Liu, Daobin, Kong, Yi, Jin, Xiaoli, Fang, Zhiwei, Xu, Wenjie, Yan, Chunshuang, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Shao, Minhua, Song, Li, Chen, Gang, Li, Shuzhou, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Energy materials; Ammonia Synthesis; N2 Reduction Reaction (N2RR)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144519
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Electrocatalytic dinitrogen reduction reaction (N2RR) is an emerging route for ammonia synthesis at ambient conditions. Albeit the “π back-donation” process enables N2RR activity on transition metals with empty d-orbitals, given its dilemma in overcoming hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) competition...