Ammonia synthesis from N2 under mild conditions is a long-term pursuit and goal, which theoretically limited by the Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi (BEP) relation in industrial transformation via the N2 dissociation. Here we show that the Fe2 catalyst combined with the “vicinal nonmetallic sites” may break the BEP limitation to fulfill the efficient ammonia synthesis. The catalyst supported on boron doped graphitic carbon nitride (Fe2/B/mpg-C3N4) strongly favors hydrogenation of N2 to form a NHNH2 species, which leads to low energy barriers for N-H formation (0.57eV) and N-N dissociation (0.51eV). Constructed B-N “Lewis pairs” on the mpg-C3N4 serve as nonmetallic sites can activate and transfer hydrogen, which reduce the competitive adsorption of N2 and H2. Through co-activated H2 on the vicinal site, synergistic Fe2 catalyst shows a significant advantage among Fen/mpg-C3N4 (n=2, 3, 4) catalysts and thus can avoid harsh reaction condition for the thermal conversion of N2 to NH3.
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Scheme 1. (a) Synthetic ammonia in thermal catalysis and (b) Schematic diagram of theoretical prediction of high efficiency iron catalyst.
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Posted 22 Mar, 2021
Posted 22 Mar, 2021
Ammonia synthesis from N2 under mild conditions is a long-term pursuit and goal, which theoretically limited by the Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi (BEP) relation in industrial transformation via the N2 dissociation. Here we show that the Fe2 catalyst combined with the “vicinal nonmetallic sites” may break the BEP limitation to fulfill the efficient ammonia synthesis. The catalyst supported on boron doped graphitic carbon nitride (Fe2/B/mpg-C3N4) strongly favors hydrogenation of N2 to form a NHNH2 species, which leads to low energy barriers for N-H formation (0.57eV) and N-N dissociation (0.51eV). Constructed B-N “Lewis pairs” on the mpg-C3N4 serve as nonmetallic sites can activate and transfer hydrogen, which reduce the competitive adsorption of N2 and H2. Through co-activated H2 on the vicinal site, synergistic Fe2 catalyst shows a significant advantage among Fen/mpg-C3N4 (n=2, 3, 4) catalysts and thus can avoid harsh reaction condition for the thermal conversion of N2 to NH3.
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