Abstract
Ammonia (NH3 ) is an indispensable feedstock for fertilizer production and one of the most ideal green hydrogen rich fuel. Electrochemical nitrate (NO3 - ) reduction reaction (NO3 - RR) is being explored as a promising strategy for green to synthesize industrial-scale NH3 , which has nonetheless involved complex multi-reaction process. This work presents a Pd-doped Co3 O4 nanoarray on titanium mesh (Pd-Co3 O4 /TM) electrode for highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic NO3 - RR to NH3 at low onset potential. The well-designed Pd-Co3 O4 /TM delivers a large NH3 yield of 745.6µmol h-1 cm-2 and an extremely high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 98.7% at -0.3V with strong stability. These calculations further indicate that the doping Co3 O4 with Pd improves the adsorption characteristic of Pd-Co3 O4 and optimizes the free energies for intermediates, thereby facilitating the kinetics of the reaction. Furthermore, assembling this catalyst in a Zn-NO3 - battery realizes a power density of 3.9mW cm-2 and an excellent FE of 98.8% for NH3 .
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