Nitrogen Photoelectrochemical Reduction on TiB2 Surface Plasmon Coupling Allows Us to Reach Enhanced Efficiency of Ammonia Production

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388980%3A_____%2F23%3A00574348" target="_blank" >RIV/61388980:_____/23:00574348 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60461373:22310/23:43927200

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344687" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344687</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c03210" target="_blank" >10.1021/acscatal.3c03210</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nitrogen Photoelectrochemical Reduction on TiB2 Surface Plasmon Coupling Allows Us to Reach Enhanced Efficiency of Ammonia Production

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicalsworldwide,which is consumed in the fertilizer industry and is also consideredan interesting alternative in energy storage. However, common ammoniaproduction is energy-demanding and leads to high CO2 emissions.Thus, the development of alternative ammonia production methods basedon available raw materials (air, for example) and renewable energysources is highly demanding. In this work, we demonstrated the utilizationof TiB2 nanostructures sandwiched between coupled plasmonicnanostructures (gold nanoparticles and gold grating) for photoelectrochemical (PEC) nitrogen reduction and selective ammonia production. The utilizationof the coupled plasmon structure allows us to reach efficient sunlightcapture with a subdiffraction concentration of light energy in thespace, where the catalytically active TiB2 flakes wereplaced. As a result, PEC experiments performed at -0.2 V (vs.RHE) and simulated sunlight illumination give the 535.2 and 491.3 & mu,g h(-1) mg(cat) (-1) ammonia yields, respectively, with the utilization of pure nitrogenand air as a nitrogen source. In addition, a number of control experimentsconfirm the key role of plasmon coupling in increasing the ammoniayield, the selectivity of ammonia production, and the durability ofthe proposed system. Finally, we have performed a series of numericaland quantum mechanical calculations to evaluate the plasmonic contributionto the activation of nitrogen on the TiB2 surface, indicatingan increase in the catalytic activity under the plasmon-generatedelectric field.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nitrogen Photoelectrochemical Reduction on TiB2 Surface Plasmon Coupling Allows Us to Reach Enhanced Efficiency of Ammonia Production

Popis výsledku anglicky

Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicalsworldwide,which is consumed in the fertilizer industry and is also consideredan interesting alternative in energy storage. However, common ammoniaproduction is energy-demanding and leads to high CO2 emissions.Thus, the development of alternative ammonia production methods basedon available raw materials (air, for example) and renewable energysources is highly demanding. In this work, we demonstrated the utilizationof TiB2 nanostructures sandwiched between coupled plasmonicnanostructures (gold nanoparticles and gold grating) for photoelectrochemical (PEC) nitrogen reduction and selective ammonia production. The utilizationof the coupled plasmon structure allows us to reach efficient sunlightcapture with a subdiffraction concentration of light energy in thespace, where the catalytically active TiB2 flakes wereplaced. As a result, PEC experiments performed at -0.2 V (vs.RHE) and simulated sunlight illumination give the 535.2 and 491.3 & mu,g h(-1) mg(cat) (-1) ammonia yields, respectively, with the utilization of pure nitrogenand air as a nitrogen source. In addition, a number of control experimentsconfirm the key role of plasmon coupling in increasing the ammoniayield, the selectivity of ammonia production, and the durability ofthe proposed system. Finally, we have performed a series of numericaland quantum mechanical calculations to evaluate the plasmonic contributionto the activation of nitrogen on the TiB2 surface, indicatingan increase in the catalytic activity under the plasmon-generatedelectric field.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10402 - Inorganic and nuclear chemistry

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ACS Catalysis

ISSN

2155-5435

e-ISSN

2155-5435

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

16

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

10916-10926

Kód UT WoS článku

001042140000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85168448147