Issue 18, 2021

Bimetallic mesoporous RhRu film for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia

Abstract

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis is one of the sustainable technologies to artificially synthesize ammonia because of its reduced energy consumption and environmental friendliness. Nevertheless, the low ammonia yield and poor selectivity of the nitrogen reduction reaction limit its large-scale industrial applications. Herein, mesoporous RhRu film on nickel foam (mRhRu/NF) is synthesized by electrodeposition using a diblock copolymer as a soft template. The introduction of the Ru element with a high nitrogen adsorption energy into mesoporous Rh film significantly improves the catalytic performance due to the electronic effect and binder-free mesoporous structure. In a neutral solution, the mRhRu/NF shows a high ammonia production rate of 30.28 μg h−1 mgcat−1 and a Faraday efficiency of 28.33%. This research offers an inspiring route for the rational synthesis of self-supported mesoporous alloys for active NRR.

Graphical abstract: Bimetallic mesoporous RhRu film for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
18 Jun 2021
Accepted
26 Jul 2021
First published
28 Jul 2021

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021,8, 4276-4281

Bimetallic mesoporous RhRu film for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia

Z. Wang, W. Tian, Z. Dai, T. Zhou, Q. Mao, Y. Xu, X. Li, L. Wang and H. Wang, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 4276 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI00770J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements