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High-performance electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia enabled by a copper-porphyrin-based porous aromatic
Shan Zhang1, Yanni Peng1, Hongming He1,2
1College of Chemistry, Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies on Intelligent Molecules, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China. hxxyhhm@tjnu.edu.cn.
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Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction (NO3RR) offers a sustainable solution for simultaneous pollutant removal and ammonia (NH3) synthesis. This study reports a copper-porphyrin-based porous aromatic framework (CuTCPP-PAF) that significantly enhances NO3RR performance compared to its molecular counterpart. The porous structure facilitates fast mass transfer and maximizes active site exposure, achieving a faradaic efficiency of 98.6% and an NH3 production rate of 3.6 mg h-1 cm-2.
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