Citation: Weikang Wang, Shengbo Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Li-Rong Zheng, Guozhong Wang, Yunxia Zhang, Haimin Zhang, Huijun Zhao. Integration of Fe₂O₃-based photoanode and atomically dispersed cobalt cathode for efficient photoelectrochemical NH₃ synthesis[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(2): 805-810. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.04.013 shu

Integration of Fe₂O₃-based photoanode and atomically dispersed cobalt cathode for efficient photoelectrochemical NH₃ synthesis

Weikang Wang ^{a, b, 1} ,
Shengbo Zhang ^{a, b, 1} ,
Yanyan Liu ^{a, b} ,
Li-Rong Zheng ^c ,
Guozhong Wang ^a ,
Yunxia Zhang ^a ,
Haimin Zhang ^{a, *,} ,
Huijun Zhao ^{a, d, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
b.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
c.
Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
d.
Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4222, Australia

zhanghm@issp.ac.c

h.zhao@griffith.edu.au

Received Date: 28 February 2020
Revised Date: 2 April 2020
Accepted Date: 7 April 2020

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Realizing nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to synthesis NH₃ under mild conditions has gained extensive attention as a promising alternative way to the energy- and emission-intensive Haber–Bosch process. Among varieties of potential strategies, photoelectrochemical (PEC) NRR exhibits many advantages including utilization of solar energy, water (H₂O) as the hydrogen source and ambient operation conditions. Herein, we have designed a solar-driven PEC-NRR system integrating high-efficiency Fe₂O₃-based photoanode and atomically dispersed cobalt (Co) cathode for ambient NH₃ synthesis. Using such solar-driven PEC-NRR system, high-efficiency Fe₂O₃-based photoanode is responsible for H₂O/OH^- oxidation, and meanwhile the generated photoelectrons transfer to the single-atom Co cathode for the N₂ reduction to NH₃. As a result, this system can afford an NH₃ yield rate of 1021.5 μg mg_Co^-1 h^-1 and a faradic efficiency of 11.9% at an applied potential bias of 1.2 V (versus reversible hydrogen electrode) on photoanode in 0.2 mol/L NaOH electrolyte under simulated sunlight irradiation.
- PEC-NRR,
- Co-SAC,
- CoPi/Ti-Fe₂O₃,
- NH₃ synthesis,
- Photoelectrochemisty
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