Issue 73, 2024

Oxygen vacancy-regulated nanorod array electrodes for boosting the electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia from nitrate wastewater

Abstract

The adsorption of nitrate is the key to enhancing the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NitRR). Herein, a typical hydrolysis-coupled redox (HCR) reaction has been designed to prepare unique 3D Cu/Fe2O3 core–shell nanorod array cathodes with controllable oxygen vacancy concentrations for NitRR. The optimal Cu/Fe2O3-13 achieves a high nitrate conversion of 99.10% and ammonia selectivity of 98.30%. The outstanding electrochemical performance is attributed to the enhancement mechanism of OVs and a unique nanorod array structure with a high density of surface-exposed OVs and high-throughput transport pathways for ion-aspects.

Graphical abstract: Oxygen vacancy-regulated nanorod array electrodes for boosting the electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia from nitrate wastewater

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jun 2024
Accepted
19 Jul 2024
First published
22 Aug 2024

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 9950-9953

Oxygen vacancy-regulated nanorod array electrodes for boosting the electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia from nitrate wastewater

Z. Yang, Y. Li, D. Liu, M. Song, Y. Gao, B. Yang, Y. He, E. Han, Q. Zhang and X. Yang, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 9950 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC02726D

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