Enhancing electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia with rare earths (La, Y, and Sc) on high-index faceted platinum alloy concave nanocubes

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Vol. 9; no. 46; pp. 26277 - 26285
• Main Authors: Mao, Yu-Jie, Liu, Feng, Chen, You-Hu, Jiang, Xin, Zhao, Xin-Sheng, Sheng, Tian, Ye, Jin-Yu, Liao, Hong-Gang, Wei, Lu, Sun, Shi-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 30.11.2021
• Subjects: alloys; Ammonia; Bonding strength; Catalysts; Chemical composition; Chemical reduction; Choline; Continuity (mathematics); Density functional theory; Electrochemistry; Electronic structure; Intermediates; Molecular structure; Nitrogen; platinum; Platinum base alloys; Rare earth elements; Scandium; Selectivity; solvents; Surface structure; Urea

Surface structure effect is the key subject in electrocatalysis, and consists of the structure dependence of interaction between reaction molecules and the catalyst surface in specifying the surface atomic arrangement, chemical composition and electronic structure. Herein, we develop a controllable...