Issue 43, 2023

Interfacial engineering of hydrophobic octadecanethiol/Pd metallene toward electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

Abstract

In this work, we propose the modification of ultrathin and wrinkled Pd metallene by hydrophobic octadecanethiol (Pdene@C18) via Pd–S bonds for the nitrogen reduction reaction. The hydrophobic self-assembled monolayer C18 can effectively capture more N2 and inhibit the hydrogen evolution reaction. As a result, a high NH3 yield and Faraday efficiency of 27.97 μg h−1 mgcat.−1 and 14.29% are achieved for Pdene@C18 under neutral conditions, respectively, highlighting the modification of hydrophobic monolayers for efficient nitrogen electro-reduction to ammonia.

Graphical abstract: Interfacial engineering of hydrophobic octadecanethiol/Pd metallene toward electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Mar 2023
Accepted
02 May 2023
First published
02 May 2023

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 6552-6555

Interfacial engineering of hydrophobic octadecanethiol/Pd metallene toward electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

H. Wang, X. Mu, Q. Mao, K. Deng, H. Yu, Y. Xu, X. Li, Z. Wang and L. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 6552 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01234D

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