Boosting electrocatalytic N2 reduction to NH3 on β-FeOOH by fluorine doping

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 55; no. 27; pp. 3987 - 3990
• Main Authors: Zhu, Xiaojuan, Liu, Zaichun, Wang, Huanbo, Zhao, Runbo, Chen, Hongyu, Wang, Ting, Wang, Faxing, Luo, Yonglan, Wu, Yuping, Sun, Xuping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
• Subjects: Ammonia; catalytic activity; Catalytic converters; chemical reactions; Density functional theory; Doping; Electrocatalysts; electrodes; energy; enzymes; Fluorine; hydrogen; Iron; Nanorods; nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenation; Reduction; Transition metals

As the cheapest and one of the most abundant transition metals, Fe is not only involved in nitrogenases for biological N2 fixation but is also extensively utilized in the Haber–Bosch process for industrial-scale NH3 synthesis. However, the application of Fe-based electrocatalysts for ambient N2-to-N...