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Communication

Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3

by
Qinglin Li
1,2,
Xiufang Chen
1,3 and
Yong Yang
1,*
1
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
2
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3
National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology (Zhejiang) Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Catalysts 2020, 10(3), 353; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10030353
Submission received: 24 February 2020 / Revised: 15 March 2020 / Accepted: 17 March 2020 / Published: 22 March 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Electrocatalysis)
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In this communication, we report a biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon (named as NC-800) as an electrocatalyst for the ambient conversion of N2 to NH3. The catalyst NC-800 was prepared from naturally renewable and easily available bamboo shoots, with inherently an approximate 8 wt % of N-containing components, such as the N source, in a cost-effective and environmentally benign manner. This exhibited remarkable catalytic activity with a large NH3 yield and a Faradaic efficiency as high as 16.3 μg h−mg-1cat and 27.5%, respectively, at −0.35 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in 0.1 M HCl solution at ambient conditions. More importantly, the catalyst NC-800 demonstrated excellent electrochemical selectivity and stability.
Keywords: N2 fixation; NH3 production; biomass-derived carbon; electrocatalysis; N-doping N2 fixation; NH3 production; biomass-derived carbon; electrocatalysis; N-doping
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Li, Q.; Chen, X.; Yang, Y. Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3. Catalysts 2020, 10, 353. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10030353

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Li Q, Chen X, Yang Y. Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3. Catalysts. 2020; 10(3):353. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10030353

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Li, Qinglin, Xiufang Chen, and Yong Yang. 2020. "Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3" Catalysts 10, no. 3: 353. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10030353

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Li, Q., Chen, X., & Yang, Y. (2020). Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Highly Efficient Ambient Electro-Synthesis of NH3. Catalysts, 10(3), 353. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10030353

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