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Wei Xu1, Xuxin Kang1, Xiangmei Duan1,2
1School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China. duanxiangmei@nbu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Based on density functional theory computation, a series of transition metal atoms anchored on phthalo-carbonitride (pc-C3N2) nanosheets have been investigated for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). The results show that Mo and W atoms anchored on the large holes of pc-C3N2 exhibit excellent performance in the NRR with low limiting potentials of -0.24 V and -0.23 V, respectively. Moreover, W@pc-C3N2 can effectively suppress the hydrogen evolution reaction. We predict that the porous carbon-nitrogen catalyst W@pc-C3N2 has a promising future to explore more favorable applications for the NRR.
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