Unravelling the electrochemical mechanisms for nitrogen fixation on single transition metal atoms embedded in defective graphitic carbon nitride-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Unravelling the electrochemical mechanisms for nitrogen fixation on single transition metal atoms embedded in defective graphitic carbon nitride

Published:2018 Issue:44 Volume:6 Page:21941-21948
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Chen Xingzhu¹²³,Zhao Xiujian¹²³^ORCID,Kong Zhouzhou¹²³,Ong Wee-Jun⁴⁵⁶^ORCID,Li Neng¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures

2. Wuhan University of Technology

3. China

4. Department of Chemical Engineering

5. Xiamen University Malaysia

6. Malaysia

Abstract

Single transition metal atoms supported by defective g-C₃N₄ are examined by DFT for electrochemical N₂ fixation. The single Ti atom is the most promising candidate for its high activity and stability owing to the coordination number of the active center.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Xiamen University

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/TA/C8TA06497K

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