TY - JOUR
T1 - Photoelectrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia on the Aerophilic-Hydrophilic Heterostructure with 37.8% Efficiency
AU - Zheng, Jianyun
AU - Lyu, Yanhong
AU - Qiao, Man
AU - Wang, Ruilun
AU - Zhou, Yangyang
AU - Li, Hao
AU - Chen, Chen
AU - Li, Yafei
AU - Zhou, Huaijuan
AU - Jiang, San Ping
AU - Wang, Shuangyin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/3/14
Y1 - 2019/3/14
N2 - Liquid ammonia can be the key enabler for being an easily transported energy storage carrier, which is highly desirable to be produced from renewable energy, such as solar or electricity, under eco-friendly and mild conditions. However, innovation in the photoelectrochemical devices with high activity, stability, and selectivity for nitrogen-to-ammonia fixation has proven to be very challenging because nitrogen reduction reaction competes with the hydrogen evolution reaction, which occurs preferentially on the photocathode surface at a comparable thermodynamic potential. Thus, we have designed a unique aerophilic-hydrophilic heterostructured Si-based photocathode for improving the energy conversion efficiency. The aerophilic-hydrophilic heterostructure provides a new insight on designing efficient and robust photocathodes for nitrogen fixation.
AB - Liquid ammonia can be the key enabler for being an easily transported energy storage carrier, which is highly desirable to be produced from renewable energy, such as solar or electricity, under eco-friendly and mild conditions. However, innovation in the photoelectrochemical devices with high activity, stability, and selectivity for nitrogen-to-ammonia fixation has proven to be very challenging because nitrogen reduction reaction competes with the hydrogen evolution reaction, which occurs preferentially on the photocathode surface at a comparable thermodynamic potential. Thus, we have designed a unique aerophilic-hydrophilic heterostructured Si-based photocathode for improving the energy conversion efficiency. The aerophilic-hydrophilic heterostructure provides a new insight on designing efficient and robust photocathodes for nitrogen fixation.
KW - SDG2: Zero hunger
KW - SDG3: Good health and well-being
KW - Si-based photocathodes
KW - aerophilic-hydrophilic
KW - heterostructure
KW - high faradic efficiency
KW - photoelectrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062210954&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.12.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062210954
SN - 2451-9308
VL - 5
SP - 617
EP - 633
JO - Chem
JF - Chem
IS - 3
ER -
