Ampere-level current density ammonia electrochemical synthesis using CuCo nanosheets simulating nitrite reductase bifunctional nature

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 7899 - 13
• Main Authors: Fang, Jia-Yi, Zheng, Qi-Zheng, Lou, Yao-Yin, Zhao, Kuang-Min, Hu, Sheng-Nan, Li, Guang, Akdim, Ouardia, Huang, Xiao-Yang, Sun, Shi-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.12.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 119/118; 140/131; 140/133; 140/146; 140/58; 147/135; 147/28; 147/3; 639/301/299/886; 639/638/161/886; 704/172/169/896; Adsorption; Ammonia; Bimetals; Carbon; Catalysts; Chemical synthesis; Copper; Current density; Electrocatalysts; Electrochemistry; Environmental protection; Fourier transforms; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogenation; Infrared spectroscopy; multidisciplinary; Nanoparticles; Nanosheets; Nitrates; Nitrite reductase; Nitrite Reductases; Nitrites; Nitrogen dioxide; Raman spectroscopy; Reductases; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Selectivity; Spectrum analysis

The development of electrocatalysts capable of efficient reduction of nitrate (NO 3 − ) to ammonia (NH 3 ) is drawing increasing interest for the sake of low carbon emission and environmental protection. Herein, we present a CuCo bimetallic catalyst able to imitate the bifunctional nature of copper-...