Interface-engineered Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nano-islands on a Cu substrate for high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia conversion
A core@shell C/Cu@Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> catalyst with interfacial-engineered nano-islands on a Cu substrate was constructed, featuring accelerated electron-transfer properties and optimized nitrate trapping through the synergetic interfacial effect, achieving a remarkable NH<sub>3</sub> yield of 57.4 ± 2.9 mg h<sup>-1</sup> mg<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup> and high Faraday efficiency of 98.4 ± 1.2%, surpassing most reported non-precious metal catalysts.
Authors
- Fu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9399-6315)
- Tongyi Yang
- Hongyang Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-2786)
- Zhenxiao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5570-8041)
- Danhong Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4363-1800)
- Linzhi Zhai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-2584)
- Yangping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1414-8999)
- Ziwei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-7298)
- Mengnan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4422-6979)
- Tong Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-5094)
Institutions
- Swansea University (GB)
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Communications
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02057c
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78