Citation: Hua-Qing Yin, Lu-Lu Yang, Hao Sun, Hao Wang, Yu-Jie Wang, Min Zhang, Tong-Bu Lu, Zhi-Ming Zhang. W/Mo-polyoxometalate-derived electrocatalyst for high-efficiency nitrogen fixation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(3): 107337. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.060 shu

W/Mo-polyoxometalate-derived electrocatalyst for high-efficiency nitrogen fixation

Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

zmzhang@email.tjut.edu.cn

Received Date: 16 February 2022
Revised Date: 7 March 2022
Accepted Date: 15 March 2022
Available Online: 17 March 2022

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Ammonia is the feedstock chemical for most fertilizers and the alternative of renewable energy carriers. Environmentally benign electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) under mild conditions has been recognized as one of the most attractive strategies for N₂ fixation. Herein, inspired by Mo-based nitrogenase, W/Mo-doping electrocatalysts were developed with mixed-metal polyoxometalate H₃PW₆Mo₆O₄₀ as the precursor for high performance electrocatalytic NRR. Trace amount of Pt was transplanted on the surface of W/Mo@rGO via in situ electroplating treatment to further improve the NRR performance. The resulting Pt-W/Mo@rGO-6 achieves excellent performance for NRR with a high NH₃ yield of 79.2 µg h⁻¹ mg_cat⁻¹ due to the multicomponent synergistic effect in the composite catalyst. The Pt-W/Mo@rGO-6 represents the first example of highly efficient NRR electraocatalyst derived from mixed-metal polyoxometalate, which exhibits outstanding stability confirmed by the constant catalytic performance over 24 h chronoamperometric test. This finding opens a new avenue to construct highly efficient NRR electrocatalyst by employing mixed metal polyoxometalate as the precursor under ambient conditions.
- Polyoxometalate,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Mixed-metal electrocatalyst,
- Nitrogen reduction,
- Mild conditions
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