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Metal-Free Single Atom Catalyst for N2 Fixation Driven by Visible Light
Abstract
Solar nitrogen (N 2 ) fixation is the most attractive way for the sustainable production of ammonia (NH 3 ), but the development of a highly active, long-term stable and low-cost catalyst remains a great challenge. Current research efforts for N 2 reduction mainly focus on the metal-based catalysts using the electrochemical approach, while metal-free or solar-driven catalysts have been rarely explored. Herein, on the basis of a concept of electron “acceptance-donation”, a metal-free photocatalyst, namely, boron (B) atom, decorated on the optically active graphitic-carbon nitride (B/g-C 3 N 4 ), for the reduction of N 2 is proposed by using extensive first-principles calculations. Our results reveal that gas phase N 2 can be efficiently reduced into NH 3 on B/g-C 3 N 4 through the enzymatic mechanism with a record low onset potential (0.20 V). Moreover, the B-decorated g-C 3 N 4 can significantly enhance the visible light absorption, rendering them ideal for solar-driven reduction of N 2 . Importantly, the as-designed catalyst is further demonstrated to hold great promise for synthesis due to its extremely high stability. Our work is the first report of metal-free single atom photocatalyst for N 2 reduction, offering cost-effective opportunities for advancing sustainable NH 3 production.
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- Authors
- Ling, C., Niu, X., Li, Q., Du, A., & Wang, J.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2018-10-04
- Volume
- 140
- Issue
- 43
- Pages
- 14161-14168
- ISSN
- 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5126
- OpenAlex
- W2895283837
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- 977
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 23.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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