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Ammonia production has increased from few thousand tons in 1908 to above 200 million tons per year today, revolutionizing the fertilizer industry thanks to the Haber-Bosch (HB) process. However, the HB process is highly energy intensive consuming about 1.4% of fossil energy generated worldwide and releasing 1.87 tons of CO 2  per ton of ammonia produced. This further reduces ammonia’s scope as a carrier fuel for the hydrogen economy. Hence, finding alternative energy efficient ways to synthesize ammonia is important from more than one perspective. Ammonia synthesis from its constituent nitrogen and hydrogen gases is mainly hampered by the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) due to the strong N≡N bond (945 kJ mol −1 ). Electrochemical synthesis (ES) routes in this regard offer a milder approach. However, ES of ammonia under different temperatures, utilizing different electrolytes and catalysts has not yet reliably produced ammonia at viable rates and efficiencies. We report an origami-like Mo 2 C cathode catalyst for NRR that achieved a maximum synthesis rate of 2.16 × 10 −11  mol cm −2  s −1  and a faradaic efficiency of 1.8% at 30 °C using Nafion-212 as electrolyte. Origami-like morphology containing numerous kinks appears to improve electrocatalytic activity and show a promising route for fabricating NRR catalysts with higher catalytic activity.

Molybdenum Carbide Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrogen: Activity and Stability