Concave Fe2O3 nanocubes with high-index facets for ammonia production from electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

Yuwei Zhang; Mingyang Xu; Jiaxin Zhou; Fen Yao; Hanfeng Liang

doi:10.1039/D4CC05101G

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Concave Fe₂O₃ nanocubes with high-index facets for ammonia production from electrocatalytic nitrate reduction†

Yuwei Zhang,^a Mingyang Xu,^a Jiaxin Zhou,^a Fen Yao^b and Hanfeng Liang

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^a State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China
E-mail: hfliang@xmu.edu.cn

^b Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmentally Friendly Material of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, China

Abstract

An iron oxide catalyst with high-index (13–44) and (12–38) facets achieves a high faradaic efficiency of 96.54% and a production rate of 1.13 mmol h⁻¹ cm⁻² towards electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia at 250 mA cm⁻².

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC05101G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 30 Sept. 2024
Accepted: 09 Dec. 2024
First published: 18 Dec. 2024

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Concave Fe₂O₃ nanocubes with high-index facets for ammonia production from electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

Y. Zhang, M. Xu, J. Zhou, F. Yao and H. Liang, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05101G

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