Boron-Doped Graphene for Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction
By Xiaomin Yu, Peng Han, Zengxi Wei, Linsong Huang, Zhengxiang Gu, Sijia Peng, Jianmin Ma, Gengfeng Zheng. Joule, 2018
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Summary Electrochemical N2 reduction in aqueous solutions at ambient conditions is extremely challenging and requires rational design of electrocatalytic centers. We demonstrate a boron-doped graphene as an efficient metal-free N2 reduction electrocatalyst. Boron doping in the graphene framework leads to redistribution of electron density, where the electron-deficient boron sites provide enhanced binding capability to N2 molecules. Density functional theory calculations reveal the catalytic activities of different boron-doped carbon structures, in which the BC3 structure enables the lowest energy barrier for N2 electroreduction to NH3. At a doping level of 6.2%, the boron-doped graphene achieves a NH3 production rate of 9.8 μg·hr−1·cm−2 and one of the highest reported faradic efficiencies of 10.8% at −0.5 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in aqueous solutions at ambient conditions. This work suggests the strong potential of atomic-scale design for efficient electrocatalysts for N2 reduction.
Subfields: Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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