Citation: Yu Wang, Munkhbayar Batmunkh, Hui Mao, Hui Li, Baohua Jia, Shuyao Wu, Daliang Liu, Ximing Song, Ying Sun, Tianyi Ma. Low-overpotential electrochemical ammonia synthesis using BiOCl-modified 2D titanium carbide MXene[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 394-398. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.05.025 shu

Low-overpotential electrochemical ammonia synthesis using BiOCl-modified 2D titanium carbide MXene

Yu Wang ^{a, 1} ,
Munkhbayar Batmunkh ^{b, 1} ,
Hui Mao ^{a, 1} ,
Hui Li ^a ,
Baohua Jia ^c ,
Shuyao Wu ^a ,
Daliang Liu ^a ,
Ximing Song ^a ,
Ying Sun ^{a, *,} ,
Tianyi Ma ^{c, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials of Liaoning Province, College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Shenyang 110036, China
b.
Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
c.
Centre for Translational Atomaterials, School of Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia

yingsun@lnu.edu.cn

tianyima@swin.edu.au

Received Date: 24 April 2021
Revised Date: 13 May 2021
Accepted Date: 14 May 2021
Available Online: 24 May 2021

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Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia has the advantages of low energy consumption and promising environmental protection, as compared to the traditional Haber-Bosch process. However, the commercial utilization of this novel system is limited by the low Faradaic efficiency, poor ammonia yield and high overpotential due to the strong N≡N bond and the dominant competing reaction of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, a BiOCl-modified two-dimensional (2D) titanium carbide MXenes nanocomposite (BiOCl@Ti₃C₂T_x) is proposed as a promising electrocatalyst for ambient nitrogen (N₂) reduction reaction with excellent catalytic performance and superior long-term stability at low overpotential. In 0.1 mol/L HCl, this catalyst attains a high Faradic efficiency of 11.98% and a NH₃ yield of 4.06 µg h⁻¹ cm⁻² at −0.10 V (vs. RHE), benefiting from its strong interaction of Bi 6p band with the N 2p orbitals, combined with its large specific surface area and the facile electron transfer.
- BiOCl,
- Ti₃C₂T_x,
- Electrocatalytic,
- Ammonia,
- N₂ reduction reaction
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