Rational Construction of Heterostructured Cu3 P@TiO2 Nanoarray for High-Efficiency Electrochemical Nitrite Reduction
Zhengwei Cai1,2, Donglin Zhao3, Xiaoya Fan3
1Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, 266100, China.
Abstract:
Electroreduction of nitrite (NO2 - ) to valuable ammonia (NH3 ) offers a sustainable and green approach for NH3 synthesis. Here, a Cu3 P@TiO2 heterostructure is rationally constructed as an active catalyst for selective NO2 - -to-NH3 electroreduction, with rich nanosized Cu3 P anchored on a TiO2 nanoribbon array on Ti plate (Cu3 P@TiO2 /TP). When performed in the 0.1 m NaOH with 0.1 m NaNO2 , the Cu3 P@TiO2 /TP electrode obtains a large NH3 yield of 1583.4 µmol h-1 cm-2 and a high Faradaic efficiency of 97.1%. More importantly, Cu3 P@TiO2 /TP also delivers remarkable long-term stability for 50 h electrolysis. Theoretical calculations indicate that intermediate adsorption/conversion processes on Cu3 P@TiO2 interfaces are synergistically optimized, substantially facilitating the conversion of NO2 - -to-NH3 .
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