• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 10, 1141 (2022)
Jing WU1, Libing YU1, Shuaishuai LIU1, Qiuyan HUANG1, Shanshan JIANG1, Matveev ANTON2, Lianli WANG3, Erhong SONG4、*, and Beibei XIAO1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
  • 22. National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk 430005, Russia
  • 33. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
  • 44. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20220033 Cite this Article
    Jing WU, Libing YU, Shuaishuai LIU, Qiuyan HUANG, Shanshan JIANG, Matveev ANTON, Lianli WANG, Erhong SONG, Beibei XIAO. NiN4/Cr Embedded Graphene for Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1141 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Owing to the heavy energy consumption and the massive CO2 emission during ammonia synthesis via Haber-Bosch process, a clean technology of nitrogen reduction electrocatalysis under ambient conditions is of significance for the sustainable energy conversion progress in future. In the study, the nitrogen reduction reaction of TM1N4/TM2 embedded graphene is comprehensively investigated using density functional theory calculations. Fully considering the activity and stability, our results reveal that NiN4/Cr anchored graphene exhibits the best catalytic activity via the enzymatic reaction pathway wherein the potential determining step is located at the first hydrogenation with an onset potential of 0.57 V, being superior to the commercial Ru-based material. Furthermore, compared with the isolated Cr atom decorated nitrogen functionalized graphene, the introduction of NiN4 moiety decreases ΔGmax and enhances the electrocatalytic performance. According to the Mulliken charge analysis, the physical origin of the catalytic activity is ascribed to the electron transition between the supports and reaction intermediates. Overall, these results pave a way for the design of the high efficient electrode material for ammonia synthesis and provide a fundamental insight into the electrocatalysis.
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    ΔG=ΔE+ΔZPE-TΔS+ΔGU+ΔGpH

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    Jing WU, Libing YU, Shuaishuai LIU, Qiuyan HUANG, Shanshan JIANG, Matveev ANTON, Lianli WANG, Erhong SONG, Beibei XIAO. NiN4/Cr Embedded Graphene for Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1141
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