Electrocatalytic fixation of N2 into NO3−: electron transfer between oxygen vacancies and loaded Au in Nb2O5−x nanobelts to promote ambient nitrogen oxidation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Electrocatalytic fixation of N2 into NO3−: electron transfer between oxygen vacancies and loaded Au in Nb2O5−x nanobelts to promote ambient nitrogen oxidation

Published:2021 Issue:32 Volume:9 Page:17442-17450
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Zhang Yintong¹,Du Feng²,Wang Ruyi¹,Ling Xintong¹,Wang Xiaoyong¹,Shen Qing³^ORCID,Xiong Yujie⁴^ORCID,Li Tao⁵^ORCID,Zhou Yong¹⁶^ORCID,Zou Zhigang¹⁶

Affiliation:

1. School of Physics, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Centre (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China

2. Institute of Materials Science and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215009, P. R. China

3. University of Electro Communication, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 1828585, Japan

4. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China

5. Engineering Technology Research Centre of Henan Province for Solar Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan, 473061, P. R. China

6. School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, Guangzhou 518172, P. R. China

Abstract

The electron transfer from Au to oxygen vacancies in Au-Nb2O5−x hybrid electrocatalyst modifies the electronic structure of active sites near the interface, which enhances the performance of NOR and suppresses the activity of competitive OER.

Funder

Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nanjing University

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

National Key Research and Development Program of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

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