journal article·2026

Efficient Fe-N 4 site activated by Te doping with polarity engineering for enhanced nitrate electroreduction reaction

Ziyi Wang, Zhenhai Fan, Xiaomeng Guo, Shengjie Wei, Junxiong Ke, Jijie Zhang

Journal of Materials Chemistry A· Volume 14· Issue 9
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Abstract

The Fe-N 4 /Te-CN catalyst achieves 2.31-fold higher activity than its non-polar Fe-N 4 /CN counterpart, underscoring the role of induced polarity as a pivotal lever for NRA performance.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction · Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins · Environmental remediation with nanomaterials

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Affiliations

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China

College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China

Center Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China

Shandong Tsaker New Materials Co., Ltd, Dongying, Shandong Province 257200, China

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China · Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province

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