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Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)

Electrochemically converting nitrate to ammonia is an essential and sustainable approach to restoring the globally perturbed nitrogen cycle. The rational design of catalysts for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO(3)RR) based on a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism is of high significan...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jian, He, Wenhui, Quast, Thomas, Junqueira, João R. C., Saddeler, Sascha, Schulz, Stephan, Schuhmann, Wolfgang
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36469860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214830
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author Zhang, Jian
He, Wenhui
Quast, Thomas
Junqueira, João R. C.
Saddeler, Sascha
Schulz, Stephan
Schuhmann, Wolfgang
author_facet Zhang, Jian
He, Wenhui
Quast, Thomas
Junqueira, João R. C.
Saddeler, Sascha
Schulz, Stephan
Schuhmann, Wolfgang
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description Electrochemically converting nitrate to ammonia is an essential and sustainable approach to restoring the globally perturbed nitrogen cycle. The rational design of catalysts for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO(3)RR) based on a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism is of high significance. We report a Cu(2)O+Co(3)O(4) tandem catalyst which enhances the NH(3) production rate by ≈2.7‐fold compared to Co(3)O(4) and ≈7.5‐fold compared with Cu(2)O, respectively, however, most importantly, we precisely place single Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) cube‐shaped nanoparticles individually and together on carbon nanoelectrodes provide insight into the mechanism of the tandem catalysis. The structural and phase evolution of the individual Cu(2)O+Co(3)O(4) nanocubes during NO(3)RR is unveiled using identical location transmission electron microscopy. Combining single‐entity electrochemistry with precise nano‐placement sheds light on the dynamic transformation of single catalyst particles during tandem catalysis in a direct way.
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spelling pubmed-101080162023-04-18 Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3) Zhang, Jian He, Wenhui Quast, Thomas Junqueira, João R. C. Saddeler, Sascha Schulz, Stephan Schuhmann, Wolfgang Angew Chem Int Ed Engl Research Articles Electrochemically converting nitrate to ammonia is an essential and sustainable approach to restoring the globally perturbed nitrogen cycle. The rational design of catalysts for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO(3)RR) based on a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism is of high significance. We report a Cu(2)O+Co(3)O(4) tandem catalyst which enhances the NH(3) production rate by ≈2.7‐fold compared to Co(3)O(4) and ≈7.5‐fold compared with Cu(2)O, respectively, however, most importantly, we precisely place single Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) cube‐shaped nanoparticles individually and together on carbon nanoelectrodes provide insight into the mechanism of the tandem catalysis. The structural and phase evolution of the individual Cu(2)O+Co(3)O(4) nanocubes during NO(3)RR is unveiled using identical location transmission electron microscopy. Combining single‐entity electrochemistry with precise nano‐placement sheds light on the dynamic transformation of single catalyst particles during tandem catalysis in a direct way. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-18 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10108016/ /pubmed/36469860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214830 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Zhang, Jian
He, Wenhui
Quast, Thomas
Junqueira, João R. C.
Saddeler, Sascha
Schulz, Stephan
Schuhmann, Wolfgang
Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title_full Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title_fullStr Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title_full_unstemmed Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title_short Single‐entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu(2)O and Co(3)O(4) for Converting NO(3) (−) to NH(3)
title_sort single‐entity electrochemistry unveils dynamic transformation during tandem catalysis of cu(2)o and co(3)o(4) for converting no(3) (−) to nh(3)
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36469860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214830
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