Citation: Yang Zhou, Xuanzhao Lu, Yu-chung Chang, Yanwen Ma, Linlin Wang, Jianrong Zhang, Junjie Zhu. Carbon dots modified nanoflower petals with super enhanced nitrogen electro-reduction efficiency[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(6): 107888. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107888 shu

Carbon dots modified nanoflower petals with super enhanced nitrogen electro-reduction efficiency

Yang Zhou ^a ,
Xuanzhao Lu ^b ,
Yu-chung Chang ^c ,
Yanwen Ma ^{a, *,} ,
Linlin Wang ^{b, *,} ,
Jianrong Zhang ^b ,
Junjie Zhu ^{b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials IAM, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
c.
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States

iamywma@njupt.edu.cn

wanglinlin@nju.edu.cn

jjzhu@nju.edu.cn

Received Date: 8 July 2022
Revised Date: 3 October 2022
Accepted Date: 5 October 2022
Available Online: 10 October 2022

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Nitrogen electro-reduction reaction (NERR) is a promising alternative method for ammonia production to the Haber–Bosch approach due to mild reaction conditions and free harmful by-product emission. A formidable challenge in bringing NERR closer to the practical application is developing an electro-catalyst which can simultaneously improve the Faraday efficiency and reduce the reaction over-potential. Herein, we fabricated a catalyst of nitrogen-doped carbon dots modified copper-phosphate nanoflower petals (CuPo-NCDs NF) via a self-assembly method. The flower structure endowed the CuPo-NCDs NF with large specific surface area, and thus enabled more active sites to be exposed. In particular, we demonstrated that the NCDs modified CuPo petals with flower-like structure can accelerate the interfacial proton-electron transfer, suppressing the competing hydrogen evolution reaction and promoting the desired NERR process. Ultimately, for the CuPo-NCDs NF catalyzed NERR, the FE_NH₃ and the reaction potential both were boosted, the resultant energy efficiency of NERR reached a record-breaking value of 56.5%, and the NH₃ yield rate increased by 7 times compared to NCDs. This study provides a novel catalyst with a new pathway to boost the NERR.
- Nitrogen-doped carbon dots,
- Nano-flower,
- Self-assembly,
- Interfacial proton-electron transfer,
- Nitrogen electro-reduction
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