Surface oxidized two-dimensional antimonene nanosheets for electrochemical ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions

Munkhjargal Bat-Erdene, Guangrui Xu, Munkhbayar Batmunkh, Abdulaziz S.R. Bati, Jessica J. White, Md J. Nine, Dusan Losic, Yu Chen, Yun Wang, Tianyi Ma, Joseph G. Shapter

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Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) antimonene nanosheets are prepared using a combination of ball milling and sonication-based liquid exfoliation and are used as an efficient electrocatalyst for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). In 0.1 M KOH, a high NH3 yield of 180.4 μg h-1 mgCAT-1 and faradaic efficiency (FE) of 11.6% are achieved using our antimonene nanosheets. Theoretical calculations suggest that the oxidized species of antimonene act as the active catalytic sites for the NRR process. This work opens up a new avenue towards the development of 2D electrocatalysts for clean energy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4735-4739
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume8
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Surface oxidized two-dimensional antimonene nanosheets
  • electrochemical ammonia synthesis
  • liquid exfoliation

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