Electrochemical Dinitrogen Reduction to Ammonia By Mo₂N: Catalysis Or Decomposition?

Authors

Bo Hu, Utah State University
Maowei Hu, Utah State University
Lance C. Seefeldt, Utah State UniversityFollow
T. Leo Liu, Utah State University

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

ACS Energy Letters

Publication Date

4-10-2019

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Volume

4

Issue

5

First Page

1053

Last Page

1054

Abstract

Instead of catalyzing electrochemical reduction of N2, we found that tetragonal Mo2N undergoes decomposition and results in the generation of ammonia. The present results call urgent attention to the need to carefully evaluate the catalytic nature of the dinitrogen reduction reaction by nitrogen-containing materials.

Recommended Citation

Hu, B., Hu, M., Seefeldt, L., and Liu, T. L. (2019) Electrochemical Dinitrogen Reduction to Ammonia by Mo2N: Catalysis or Decomposition? ACS Energy Lett. 4, 1053–1054.