Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

Han, Lili; Liu, Xijun; Chen, Jinping; Lin, Ruoqian; Liu, Haoxuan; Lü, Fang; Bak, Seongmin; Liang, Zhixiu; Zhao, Shunzheng; Stavitski, Eli; Luo, Jun; Adzic, Radoslav R.; Xin, Huolin L.

doi:10.1002/anie.201811728

Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

Journal Article · Tue Dec 11 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811728· OSTI ID:1498864

Han, Lili ^[1]; Liu, Xijun ^[2]; Chen, Jinping ^[2]; Lin, Ruoqian ^[3]; Liu, Haoxuan ^[2]; Lü, Fang ^[2]; Bak, Seongmin ^[4]; Liang, Zhixiu ^[4]; Zhao, Shunzheng ^[5]; Stavitski, Eli ^[6]; Luo, Jun ^[2]; Adzic, Radoslav R. ^[4]; ^[7]

Tianjin Univ. of Technology (China). Center for Electron Microscopy. Tianjin Key Lab. of Advanced Functional Porous Materials. Inst. for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Tianjin Univ. of Technology (China). Center for Electron Microscopy. Tianjin Key Lab. of Advanced Functional Porous Materials. Inst. for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies. School of Materials Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Division
Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing (China). Dept. of Environmental Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

NH₃ synthesis by the electrocatalytic N₂ reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions is an appealing alternative to the currently employed industrial method—the Haber–Bosch process—that requires high temperature and pressure. We report here single Mo atoms anchored to nitrogen-doped porous carbon as a cost-effective catalyst for the NRR. Benefiting from the optimally high density of active sites and hierarchically porous carbon frameworks, this catalyst achieves a high NH₃ yield rate (34.0±3.6 μg^NH₃ h^-1 mg_cat.^-1) and a high Faradaic efficiency (14.6±1.6 %) in 0.1 m KOH at room temperature. These values are considerably higher compared to previously reported non-precious-metal electrocatalysts. Moreover, this catalyst displays no obvious current drop during a 50 000 s NRR, and high activity and durability are achieved in 0.1 m HCl. The findings provide a promising lead for the design of efficient and robust single-atom non-precious-metal catalysts for the electrocatalytic NRR.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Tianjin Univ. of Technology (China); Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing (China)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Key R&D Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Program for Thousand Young Talents of China; Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission (China); Tianjin Municipal Education Commission (China); Fundamental Research Fund of Tianjin Univ. of Technology (China)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1498864

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1491272

Report Number(s):: BNL--211355-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 58; ISSN 1433-7851

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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