Continuous Intermediates Spillover Boosts Electrochemical Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia over Dual Single‐Atom Alloy
Electrochemical nitrate conversion to ammonia driven by sustainable green electricity is regarded as a promising supplement to the traditional Haber-Bosch process. However, it is still restricted by the low NH<sub>3</sub> yield rate and Faradaic efficiency. Here, we propose a continuous intermediates spillover strategy by constructing dual single-atom alloy to boost ammonia yield rate and Faradaic efficiency. The intermediates continuously spill over back and forth on the atomically dispersed Mo and Fe sites in Pd lattice, which adaptively experiences low energy barrier for each elementary step in nitrate conversion. As a result, the synthesized dual single-atom alloy metallene delivered an NH<sub>3</sub> yield rate of 13.4 mol g<sub>cat.</sub> <sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, and Faradaic efficiency of 94.6%, as well as remarkable cycling stability of 300 h. Furthermore, the dual single-atom alloy metallene was assembled into a zinc-nitrate battery as the cathode, which delivered an output voltage of 1.477 V, and the maximum output power density of 13.4 mW cm<sup>-2</sup>.
Authors
- Xiaoqing Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-7131)
- Wei Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-2015)
- Gan Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-3557)
- Yuanhui Yao
- Fangna Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5300-5388)
- Shuang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0206-1184)
- Baojuan J. Xi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5313-4497)
- Xiaofei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-4734)
- Shenglin L. Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-4160)
- Xiaogang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-2381)
- Nana Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-5079)
- Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-3579)
- Mengqiu Xu
- Peng Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2423-5432)
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Shandong University (CN)
- Hangzhou Normal University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Clean Energy (United States) (US)
- China University of Petroleum, East China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202509303
- Citations
- 36
- Primary Topic
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.00