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Dynamic coordination flexibility unlocks efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia over molecular cobalt catalysts

Zhongyang Yao, Kaiheng Zhao, Dayi Guo, Denglei Gao, Nobuhiro Hanada, Hideki Masuda, Menglei Yuan, Yaobing Wang, Zongjing Lu

Journal of Materials Chemistry A· Volume 14· Issue 37
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Abstract

Dynamic coordination endows Co–homopiperazine catalysts with adaptive structure. The non-conjugated skeleton stabilizes intermediates, boosts *NO hydrogenation, and achieves high NH 3 yield, ideal faradaic efficiency and good durability.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction · Environmental remediation with nanomaterials · Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

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Affiliations

Institute of Photochemistry and Photofunctional Materials, School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China

Institute of New Carbon-based Materials and Zero-carbon and Negative-carbon Technology, Lyuliang University, Lvliang 033001, P. R. China

Shandong Key Laboratory of Green Electricity & Hydrogen Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, P. R. China

CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nano-structures and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, P. R. China

Funding

Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

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