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Wiley, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202400065

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Atomic Co─P Catalytic Pair Drives Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia

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Abstract

AbstractElectrochemically reducing nitrate (NO3), a common water pollutant, to valuable ammonia (NH3) offers a green, sustainable, and decentralized route for ammonia synthesis. Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) involves two crucial reaction steps: nitrate deoxygenation followed by nitrite hydrogenation; in particular, the nitrite hydrogenation reaction is the rate‐determining step (RDS) for NO3RR. In this work, an atomically dispersed cobalt‐phosphorus (Co─P) catalytic pair (CP) with strong electronic coupling is reported. The Co site in Co─P CP effectively activates NO3, while the P site in Co─P CP facilitates water dissociation to release H+, synergistically enhancing the thermodynamic and kinetic performance of electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia.