材料科学
纳米线
法拉第效率
氮化物
分解水
氮化铟
可逆氢电极
铟
氮气
氨
氮化镓
带隙
化学工程
光电子学
纳米技术
电极
催化作用
光催化
图层(电子)
阳极
电化学
化学
物理化学
工作电极
生物化学
有机化学
工程类
作者
Paulraj Gnanasekar,P. Karthik,Huafan Zhang,Mathan Kumar Eswaran,Rakesh Rosan Pradhan,Udo Schwingenschlögl,Tien Khee Ng,Qiaoqiang Gan,K. Jeganathan,Kuo‐Wei Huang,Boon S. Ooi
出处
期刊:ACS applied energy materials
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2023-10-20
卷期号:6 (21): 10784-10793
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsaem.3c01277
摘要
The photoelectrochemical (PEC) reduction of nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) has emerged as a potential alternative to the conventional Haber–Bosch approach as the solar energy-driven process reduces energy consumption. In this work, PEC N2 reduction is demonstrated with indium gallium nitride (InGaN) nanowires deposited with molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) co-catalyst. Interestingly, the incorporation of a GaN buffer layer between InGaN and Mo2C forms a suitable band alignment for rapid photogenerated charge carrier separation for the N2 reduction reaction (NRR). Impressively, a maximum NH3 production yield and Faradaic efficiency of 7.93 μg·h–1·cm–2 and 15.39%, respectively, is achieved at −0.2 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode with the unique band structure of the Mo2C/GaN/InGaN photoelectrode. Density functional theory calculations reveal the favorable Gibbs free energy and efficient charge transfer process of the unique band structure of Mo2C/GaN/InGaN for effective NRR.
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