• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 089 (2024)
Xinyu Dai1,†, Zhen-Yi Du2,†, Ying Sun1,*, Ping Chen3..., Xiaoguang Duan4, Junjun Zhang5, Hui Li6, Yang Fu6, Baohua Jia6, Lei Zhang7, Wenhui Fang8, Jieshan Qiu8,** and Tianyi Ma6,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials of Liaoning Province, College of Chemistry, Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, People’s Republic of China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People’s Republic of China
  • 4School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
  • 5State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021 Ningxia, People’s Republic of China
  • 6School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
  • 7Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People’s Republic of China
  • 8College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01303-2 Cite this Article
    Xinyu Dai, Zhen-Yi Du, Ying Sun, Ping Chen, Xiaoguang Duan, Junjun Zhang, Hui Li, Yang Fu, Baohua Jia, Lei Zhang, Wenhui Fang, Jieshan Qiu, Tianyi Ma. Enhancing Green Ammonia Electrosynthesis Through Tuning Sn Vacancies in Sn-Based MXene/MAX Hybrids[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 089 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Renewable energy driven N2 electroreduction with air as nitrogen source holds great promise for realizing scalable green ammonia production. However, relevant out-lab research is still in its infancy. Herein, a novel Sn-based MXene/MAX hybrid with abundant Sn vacancies, Sn@Ti2CTX/Ti2SnC–V, was synthesized by controlled etching Sn@Ti2SnC MAX phase and demonstrated as an efficient electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic N2 reduction. Due to the synergistic effect of MXene/MAX heterostructure, the existence of Sn vacancies and the highly dispersed Sn active sites, the obtained Sn@Ti2CTX/Ti2SnC–V exhibits an optimal NH3 yield of 28.4 µg h-1 mgcat-1 with an excellent FE of 15.57% at - 0.4 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in 0.1 M Na2SO4, as well as an ultra-long durability. Noticeably, this catalyst represents a satisfactory NH3 yield rate of 10.53 µg h-1 mg-1 in the home-made simulation device, where commercial electrochemical photovoltaic cell was employed as power source, air and ultrapure water as feed stock. The as-proposed strategy represents great potential toward ammonia production in terms of financial cost according to the systematic technical economic analysis. This work is of significance for large-scale green ammonia production.
    Xinyu Dai, Zhen-Yi Du, Ying Sun, Ping Chen, Xiaoguang Duan, Junjun Zhang, Hui Li, Yang Fu, Baohua Jia, Lei Zhang, Wenhui Fang, Jieshan Qiu, Tianyi Ma. Enhancing Green Ammonia Electrosynthesis Through Tuning Sn Vacancies in Sn-Based MXene/MAX Hybrids[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 089
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