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Dual-metal CuM aerogels for efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia
Bei-Bei Xu1, Zhuojun Deng1, Tongyu Wang2
1School of New Energy, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Jiangyin, Jiangsu 214443, China. xianjiang@njust.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 13, 2026
Abstract:
A template-free two-step NaBH4-mediated route was used to prepare binary CuM aerogels (M = Fe, Co, Ni) for nitrate-to-ammonia electrocatalysis. The CuCo aerogel exhibits the best performance, achieving 97% faradaic efficiency and 3.98 mmol h-1 mg-1 NH3 at -0.4 V. Co incorporation enhances water dissociation and active hydrogen supply, thereby promoting nitrate hydrogenation.
