Oxygen Functionalization-Induced Charging Effect on Boron Active Sites for High-Yield Electrocatalytic NH₃ Production.

ABSTRACT: Ammonia has been recognized as the future renewable energy fuel because of its wide-ranging applications in H₂ storage and transportation sector. In order to avoid the environmentally hazardous Haber-Bosch process, recently, the third-generation ambient ammonia synthesis has drawn phenomenal attention and thus tremendous efforts are devoted to developing efficient electrocatalysts that would circumvent the bottlenecks of the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) like competitive hydrogen evolution reaction, poor selectivity of N₂ on catalyst surface. Herein, we report the synthesis of an oxygen-functionalized boron carbonitride matrix via a two-step pyrolysis technique. The conductive BNCO₍₁₀₀₀₎ architecture, the compatibility of B-2p_z

SUBMITTER: Biswas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637079 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature