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Electrochemical Reduction of N 2 under Ambient Conditions for Artificial N 2 Fixation and Renewable Energy Storage Using N 2 /NH 3 Cycle
Author(s) -
Bao Di,
Zhang Qi,
Meng FanLu,
Zhong HaiXia,
Shi MiaoMiao,
Zhang Yu,
Yan JunMin,
Jiang Qing,
Zhang XinBo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201604799
Subject(s) - electrocatalyst , electrochemistry , materials science , electrode , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , chemistry , engineering
Using tetrahexahedral gold nanorods as a heterogeneous electrocatalyst , an electrocatalytic N 2 reduction reaction is shown to be possible at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, with a high Faradic efficiency up to 4.02% at −0.2 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (1.648 µg h −1 cm −2 and 0.102 µg h −1 cm −2 for NH 3 and N 2 H 4 ·H 2 O, respectively).