Citation: BI Yipiao, GONG Xue, YANG Fa, RUAN Mingbo, SONG Ping, XU Weilin. Polyvalent MnO_x/C Electrocatalyst for HighlyEfficient Nitrogen Reduction Reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2020, 37(9): 1048-1055. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.09.200085 shu

Polyvalent MnO_x/C Electrocatalyst for HighlyEfficient Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

BI Yipiao ^a,b ,
GONG Xue ^a ,
YANG Fa ^a,b ,
RUAN Mingbo ^a ,
SONG Ping ^a ,
XU Weilin ^a,b,,

a.
Advanced Power Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
b.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Corresponding author: XU Weilin, weilinxu@ciac.ac.cn
Received Date: 22 March 2020
Revised Date: 15 April 2020
Accepted Date: 7 May 2020

Fund Project: Guangdong Joint Fund U1601211National Natural Science Foundation of China 21433003National Natural Science Foundation of China 2017YF9127900National Natural Science Foundation of China 21721003National Natural Science Foundation of China 2018YFB1502302Supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(No.21925205), the Guangdong Joint Fund(No.U1601211), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21733004, No.21633008, No.2017YFE9127900, No.21721003, No.2018YFB1502302, No.21433003)National Natural Science Foundation of China 21633008National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China 21925205National Natural Science Foundation of China 21733004

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NH₃ plays an important role in human production and life, but the main way to produce NH₃ is still the high energy consumption and high pollution Haber-Bosch process. Electrocatalytic N₂ reduction reaction (ENRR) is considered to be an effective alternative method, however highly efficient catalyst is still a challenging as a result of high bond energy of N≡N. Here, we report an electrocatalyst of polyvalent MnO_x/C which is designed via simple redox reaction for highly efficient production of ammonia (with yield up to 7.8 μg_NH₃/(h·mg_cat) and Faradic efficiency (FE) up to 9.2%) from nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). The high NRR performance of polyvalent MnO_x/C mainly originates from a synergistic effect among different valence states (Mn²⁺, Mn³⁺, Mn⁴⁺) of Mn for NRR.
- ammonia synthesis,
- electrocatalysis,
- transition metal oxide,
- synergistic effect
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