Revisiting amorphous molybdenum sulfide's activity for the electro-driven reduction of dinitrogen and N-containing substrates | Zendy

Kun Yang | Zendy; Matthieu Koepf | Zendy; Vincent Artero | Zendy

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Revisiting amorphous molybdenum sulfide's activity for the electro-driven reduction of dinitrogen and N-containing substrates

Author(s) -

Kun Yang,

Matthieu Koepf,

Vincent Artero

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

chemical communications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837

H-Index - 333

eISSN - 1364-548X

pISSN - 1359-7345

DOI - 10.1039/d0cc05078d

Subject(s) - molybdenum , sulfide , nitrogenase , chemistry , amorphous solid , ammonia , catalysis , reduction (mathematics) , raw material , inorganic chemistry , nitrogen , organic chemistry , nitrogen fixation , geometry , mathematics

Ammonia (NH 3 ) is a major feedstock of the chemical industry. The imperious need to decarbonize its production has stimulated a quest for efficient catalysts able to drive the direct electro-reduction of dinitrogen (N 2 ) into NH 3 . A large number of materials have now been proposed for this reaction, including bioinspired molybdenum sulfide derivatives. Here, we revisit the potential of amorphous molybdenum sulfide to drive the electrocatalytic reduction of N 2 and other substrates of nitrogenase. We find that this material exhibits negligible activity towards N 2 but achieves efficient reduction of inorganic azides.

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