A biomimetic MoFe-NC for efficient N2 electroreduction to NH3

Yingna Chang; Jiawei Li; Yuxiang Zuo; Jindi Wang; Kefan Song; Yu Liu; Rong Xing; Guoxin Zhang

doi:10.1039/d3cc02021e

A biomimetic MoFe-NC for efficient N₂ electroreduction to NH₃

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Jul 11;59(56):8739-8742. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02021e.

Authors

Yingna Chang¹, Jiawei Li¹, Yuxiang Zuo¹, Jindi Wang¹, Kefan Song¹, Yu Liu¹, Rong Xing¹, Guoxin Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of New Energy on Chemical Storage and Power Sources, College of Applied Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224000, China. xingrr@126.com.
² College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China. zhanggx@sdust.edu.cn.

PMID: 37357802
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02021e

Abstract

A binary Mo/Fe-nitrogen-carbon material (MoFe-NC) catalyst was synthesized following the concept of biological nitrogen fixation. The MoFe-NC catalyst demonstrated a maximum N₂ reduction faradaic efficiency of 39.9% and a NH₃ yield rate of 28.5 μg mg_cat^-1 h^-1 under ambient conditions.