A biomimetic MoFe-NC for efficient N 2 electroreduction to NH 3 .
Yingna ChangJiawei LiYuxiang ZuoJindi WangKefan SongYu LiuRong XingGuoxin ZhangPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
A binary Mo/Fe-nitrogen-carbon material (MoFe-NC) catalyst was synthesized following the concept of biological nitrogen fixation. The MoFe-NC catalyst demonstrated a maximum N 2 reduction faradaic efficiency of 39.9% and a NH 3 yield rate of 28.5 μg mg cat -1 h -1 under ambient conditions.