Tandem Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia with Industrial-Level Current Density on Hierarchical Cu Nanowires Shelled with NiCo-Layered Double Hydroxide

Xiaoxue Zhang; Xiaokang Liu; Zhen Feng Huang; Lei Guo; Li Gan; Shishi Zhang; Muhammad Ajmal; Lun Pan; Chengxiang Shi; Xiangwen Zhang; Guidong Yang; Ji Jun Zou

doi:10.1021/acscatal.3c04541

Tandem Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia with Industrial-Level Current Density on Hierarchical Cu Nanowires Shelled with NiCo-Layered Double Hydroxide

Xiaoxue Zhang
, Xiaokang Liu
, Zhen Feng Huang^*
, Lei Guo
, Li Gan
, Shishi Zhang
, Muhammad Ajmal
, Lun Pan
, Chengxiang Shi
, Xiangwen Zhang
, Guidong Yang
, Ji Jun Zou^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Electrochemical conversion of industrial nitrate wastewater to valuable ammonia (NH₃) is an attractive method for nitrate removal and NH₃ production. However, the energy efficiency is limited by the high reaction overpotential and poor selectivity. Herein, we demonstrate a tandem electrode composed of hierarchical Cu nanowires shelled with NiCo-layered double hydroxide (NiCo LDH/Cu NW) that exhibits an industrial-relevant NH₃ partial current density of 570 mA cm^-2 while maintaining a Faradaic efficiency of 94.25% through the nitrate reduction reaction (NO₃RR). The practical application of the NO₃RR route in simulated wastewater with different NO₃^- concentrations and in membrane electrode assembly is developed, which demonstrates great potential for industrial application.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14670-14679
Number of pages	10
Journal	ACS Catalysis
Volume	13
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04541
State	Published - 17 Nov 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

ammonia synthesis
industrial-relevant current density
membrane electrode assembly
nitrate reduction reaction
tandem catalysis

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Tandem Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia with Industrial-Level Current Density on Hierarchical Cu Nanowires Shelled with NiCo-Layered Double Hydroxide

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