Gram-level NH3 Electrosynthesis via NOx reduction on a Cu Activated Co Electrode
Dong-Xue Liu
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorZhe Meng
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Writing - original draft (supporting)
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Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Resources (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXue-Feng Sun
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting), Methodology (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXin Deng
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting)
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Dr. Miao-Miao Shi
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Data curation (supporting), Investigation (supporting), Methodology (supporting), Project administration (supporting), Visualization (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorQi Hao
School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030 China
Contribution: Methodology (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXia Kang
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting)
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Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Methodology (supporting), Software (supporting), Visualization (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting)
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Prof. Hai-Xia Zhong
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 P. R. China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Supervision (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Prof. Jun-Min Yan
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Project administration (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Qing Jiang
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Resources (supporting), Software (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorDong-Xue Liu
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorZhe Meng
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Writing - original draft (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Yong-Fu Zhu
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Resources (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXue-Feng Sun
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting), Methodology (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXin Deng
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Miao-Miao Shi
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Data curation (supporting), Investigation (supporting), Methodology (supporting), Project administration (supporting), Visualization (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorQi Hao
School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030 China
Contribution: Methodology (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXia Kang
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Tian-Yi Dai
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Methodology (supporting), Software (supporting), Visualization (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Prof. Hai-Xia Zhong
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 P. R. China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Supervision (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Prof. Jun-Min Yan
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Project administration (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Qing Jiang
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022 China
Contribution: Resources (supporting), Software (supporting)
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Ambient electrochemical ammonia (NH3) synthesis is one promising alternative to the energy-intensive Haber–Bosch route. However, the industrial requirement for the electrochemical NH3 production with amperes current densities or gram-level NH3 yield remains a grand challenge. Herein, we report the high-rate NH3 production via NO2− reduction using the Cu activated Co electrode in a bipolar membrane (BPM) assemble electrolyser, wherein BPM maintains the ion balance and the liquid level of electrolyte. Benefited from the abundant Co sites and optimal structure, the target modified Co foam electrode delivers a current density of 2.64 A cm−2 with the Faradaic efficiency of 96.45 % and the high NH3 yield rate of 279.44 mg h−1 cm−2 in H-type cell using alkaline electrolyte. Combined with in situ experiments and theoretical calculations, we found that Cu optimizes the adsorption behavior of NO2− and facilitates the hydrogenation steps on Co sites toward a rapid NO2− reduction process. Importantly, this activated Co electrode affords a large NH3 production up to 4.11 g h−1 in a homemade reactor, highlighting its large-scale practical feasibility.
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