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Alloying of Cu with Ru Enabling the Relay Catalysis for Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia
Advanced Materials ( IF 27.4 ) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 , DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202952
Wensheng Gao 1 , Kefeng Xie 2 , Jin Xie 1 , Xiaomei Wang 1 , Hong Zhang 3 , Shengqi Chen 1 , Hao Wang 1 , Zelong Li 1 , Can Li 1, 4
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Involving eight electron transfer process and multiple intermediates of nitrate (NO3) reduction reaction leads to a sluggish kinetic and low Faradaic efficiency, therefore, it is essential to get an insight into the reaction mechanism to develop highly efficient electrocatalyst. Herein, a series of reduced-graphene-oxide-supported RuCu alloy catalysts (RuxCux/rGO) are fabricated and used for the direct reduction of NO3 to NH3. It is found that the Ru1Cu10/rGO shows the ammonia formation rate of 0.38 mmol cm−2 h−1 (loading 1 mg cm−2) and the ammonia Faradaic efficiency of 98% under an ultralow potential of −0.05 V versus Reversible Hydrogen Electode (RHE), which is comparable to Ru catalyst. The highly efficient activity of Ru1Cu10/rGO can be attributed to the synergetic effect between Ru and Cu sites via a relay catalysis, in which the Cu shows the exclusively efficient activity for the reduction of NO3 to NO2 and Ru exhibits the superior activity for NO2 to NH3. In addition, the doping of Ru into Cu tunes the d-band center of alloy and effectively modulates the adsorption energy of the NO3 and NO2, which promotes the direct reduction of NO3 to NH3. This synergetic electrocatalysis strategy opens a new avenue for developing highly efficient multifunctional catalysts.

中文翻译:

Cu与Ru合金化实现硝酸盐还原为氨的中继催化

涉及八个电子转移过程和硝酸盐(NO 3 - )还原反应的多个中间体导致动力学缓慢和法拉第效率低,因此,必须深入了解反应机理以开发高效电催化剂。在此,制备了一系列还原氧化石墨烯负载的 RuCu 合金催化剂 (Ru x Cu x /rGO),并将其用于将 NO 3 -直接还原为 NH 3。结果发现,Ru 1 Cu 10 /rGO 的氨形成速率为 0.38 mmol cm -2 h -1(加载 1 mg cm -2) 以及在-0.05 V 的超低电位下与可逆氢电极 (RHE) 相比氨法拉第效率为 98%,这与 Ru 催化剂相当。Ru 1 Cu 10 /rGO的高效活性可归因于 Ru 和 Cu 位点之间通过中继催化的协同作用,其中 Cu 显示出将 NO 3 - 还原为NO 2 -Ru的唯一有效活性对 NO 2 和 NH 3表现出优异的活性。此外,Cu掺杂Ru调节了合金的d带中心,有效调节了NO 3 -和NO 2 -的吸附能。,这促进了 NO 3 -直接还原为 NH 3。这种协同电催化策略为开发高效多功能催化剂开辟了一条新途径。
更新日期:2023-03-05
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