Optimization of photocarrier dynamics and activity in phosphorene with intrinsic defects for nitrogen fixation

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (39) ◽  
pp. 20570-20580
Author(s):  
Wei Pei ◽  
Si Zhou ◽  
Jijun Zhao ◽  
Yi Du ◽  
Shi Xue Dou

The typical point defects in phosphorene were exploited to activate its basal plane and optimally modulate the photocarrier dynamics for solar-driven nitrogen reduction reaction.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (45) ◽  
pp. 25961-25968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Yao ◽  
Zhiwen Chen ◽  
Yaru Wang ◽  
Xingyou Lang ◽  
Wang Gao ◽  
...  

Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction on activated basal plane of WS2 with a low potential of −0.24 V.


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 974
Author(s):  
Bing Han ◽  
Haihong Meng ◽  
Fengyu Li ◽  
Jingxiang Zhao

Under the current double challenge of energy and the environment, an effective nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has become a very urgent need. However, the largest production of ammonia gas today is carried out by the Haber–Bosch process, which has many disadvantages, among which energy consumption and air pollution are typical. As the best alternative procedure, electrochemistry has received extensive attention. In this paper, a catalyst loaded with Fe3 clusters on the two-dimensional material C2N (Fe3@C2N) is proposed to achieve effective electrochemical NRR, and our first-principles calculations reveal that the stable Fe3@C2N exhibits excellent catalytic performance for electrochemical nitrogen fixation with a limiting potential of 0.57 eV, while also suppressing the major competing hydrogen evolution reaction. Our findings will open a new door for the development of non-precious single-cluster catalysts for effective nitrogen reduction reactions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 5209-5216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Zafari ◽  
Deepak Kumar ◽  
Muhammad Umer ◽  
Kwang S. Kim

Machine learning (ML) methods would significantly reduce the computational burden of catalysts screening for nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR).


Author(s):  
Hongxi Zhang ◽  
Zengyao Wang ◽  
Jianfeng Shen ◽  
Mingxin Ye

The electro-catalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure had a great potential in NH3 production, but the low product yield because of the low density of...


Author(s):  
Xiaotian Li ◽  
Ye Tian ◽  
Xiaomiao Wang ◽  
Ya-li Guo ◽  
Ke Chu

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) provides a promising route for energy-effective and sustainable ammonia synthesis, while developing high-efficiency NRR electrocatalysts is extremely desirable. Here we first exploited foordite SnNb2O6 nanosheets...


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (25) ◽  
pp. 13981-13988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Tan ◽  
Ying Xu ◽  
Zhimin Ao

In this work, we explored the feasibility of transition metal atom embedded stanene as an effective catalyst for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) based on first-principles calculations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (48) ◽  
pp. 26066-26074
Author(s):  
Menglei Yuan ◽  
Yiling Bai ◽  
Jingxian Zhang ◽  
Tongkun Zhao ◽  
Shuwei Li ◽  
...  

The work function (W) is utilized as an effective descriptor to predict the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) activity. The lower W value of M@NCNTs promotes the transfer of electrons from the catalyst surface to the adsorbed N2.


Author(s):  
Xian-Wei Lv ◽  
Xiaolu Liu ◽  
Lijiao Gao ◽  
Yuping Liu ◽  
Zhong-Yong Yuan

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) shows great potential for replacing energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process, but requires highly active electrocatalytic centers. Although various catalysts for NRR have been developed recently, the inefficiency...


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