Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

  • Mengfan Wang,
  • Sisi Liu,
  • Tao Qian,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Jinqiu Zhou,
  • Haoqing Ji,
  • Jie Xiong,
  • Jun Zhong,
  • Chenglin Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08120-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While direct N2 reduction using electrochemistry offers an appealing method to obtain usable nitrogen, materials typically show poor activities and efficiencies. Here, authors demonstrate a single-atom catalyst, iron on N-doped carbon, to have dramatically enhanced N2 reduction efficiencies.