Biomass-derived oxygen-doped hollow carbon microtubes for electrocatalytic N2-to-NH3 fixation under ambient conditions

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 55; no. 18; pp. 2684 - 2687
• Main Authors: Wu, Tengteng, Li, Peipei, Wang, Huanbo, Zhao, Runbo, Zhou, Qiang, Kong, Wenhan, Liu, Meiling, Zhang, Youyu, Sun, Xuping, Feng (Frank) Gong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 26.02.2019
• Subjects: Ammonia; carbon; Catalysis; Catalysts; chemical reduction; electrodes; hydrochloric acid; hydrogen; kapok; nitrogen; oxygen; Reduction; Selectivity

Electrocatalytic N2 reduction as an alternative approach to the energy-intensive and large CO2-producing Haber–Bosch process for NH3 synthesis under mild conditions has attracted extensive attention. Current research efforts on N2 reduction have mainly focused on metal-based catalysts, but metal-fre...