MoO3 nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic N2 fixation to NH3

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Jingrui Han · Chengdu University

Xuqiang Ji · Chengdu University

Xiang Ren · Chengdu University

Guanwei Cui · Shandong Normal University

Lei Li · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Fengyu Xie · Chengdu University

Hui Wang ·

Abstract

MoO3 nanosheets act as an efficient electrocatalyst for N2 fixation to NH3 with excellent selectivity at ambient conditions. In 0.1 M HCl, they show high activity with an NH3 yield of 4.80 × 10−10 mol s−1 cm−2 (29.43 μg h−1 mgcat.−1) and a faradaic efficiency of 1.9%.

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Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

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Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volume 6, Issue 27, pp. 12974-12977

DOI: 10.1039/c8ta03974g

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MoO<sub>3</sub> nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic N<sub>2</sub> fixation to NH<sub>3</sub>

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