Citation: Fanfan Ni, Yuanyuan Ma, Junliang Chen, Wei Luo, Jianping Yang. Boron-iron nanochains for selective electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(6): 2073-2078. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.03.042 shu

Boron-iron nanochains for selective electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate

Fanfan Ni ^a ,
Yuanyuan Ma ^a ,
Junliang Chen ^a ,
Wei Luo ^{a, b, *,} ,
Jianping Yang ^{a, b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
b.
Institute of Functional Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China

wluo@dhu.edu.cn

jianpingyang@dhu.edu.cn

Received Date: 28 February 2020
Revised Date: 11 March 2021
Accepted Date: 12 March 2021
Available Online: 18 March 2021

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The electrocatalysis of nitrate reduction reaction (NRR) has been considered to be a promising nitrate removal technology. Developing a highly effective iron-based electrocatalyst is an essential challenge for NRR. Herein, boron-iron nanochains (B-Fe NCs) as efficient NRR catalysts were prepared via a facile low-cost and scalable method. The Fe/B ratio of the B-Fe NCs-x can be elaborately adjusted to optimize the NRR catalytic performance. Due to the electron transfer from boron to metal, the metal-metal bonds are weakened and the electron density near the metal atom centers are rearranged, which are favor of the conversion from NO₃^- into N₂. Moreover, the well-crosslinked chain-like architectures benefit the mass/electron transport to boost the exposure of abundant catalytic active sites. Laboratory experiments demonstrated that the optimized B-Fe NCs catalyst exhibits superior intrinsic electrocatalytic NRR activity of high nitrate conversion (~80%), ultrahigh nitrogen selectivity (~99%) and excellent long-term reactivity in the mixed electrolyte system (0.02 mol/L NaCl and 0.02 mol/L Na₂SO₄ mixed electrolyte), and the electrocatalytic activity of the material shows poor performance at low chloride ion concentration (Nitrate conversion of ~61% and nitrogen selectivity of ~57% in 0.005 mol/L NaCl and 0.035 mol/L Na₂SO₄ mixed electrolyte). This study provides a broad application prospect for further exploring the high-efficiency and low-cost iron-based functional nanostructures for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction.
- Nanostructured iron,
- Boron doping,
- Nitrate reduction reaction,
- Electrocatalysis
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