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电化学(中英文) ›› 2022, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 2104091.  doi: 10.13208/j.electrochem.210409

所属专题: “电催化和燃料电池”专题文章

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GCP载钯颗粒复合材料的制备及其电化学合成氨性能研究

王英超1, 马自在2, 吴一凡1, 王孝广1,2,*()   

  1. 1.太原理工大学材料科学与工程学院,山西 太原 030024
    2.气体能源清洁高效利用山西省重点实验室,山西 太原 030024
  • 收稿日期:2021-04-14 修回日期:2021-05-18 出版日期:2022-05-28 发布日期:2021-06-10
  • 通讯作者: * Tel: (86-351)3176781,E-mail: wangxiaog1982@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(21878201);国家自然科学基金项目(22008165)

Preparation and Properties of GCP-Supported Palladium Particles Composite towards Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis

Wang Ying-Chao1, Ma Zi-Zai2, Wu Yi-Fan1, Wang Xiao-Guang1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
    2. Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • Received:2021-04-14 Revised:2021-05-18 Published:2022-05-28 Online:2021-06-10

摘要:

使用疏水性石墨烯复合粉末(GCP)为碳载体,通过硼氢化钠还原制备GCP载钯颗粒催化剂(PdNPs@GCP)进行氮还原反应(NRR)研究,在-0.2 V vs. RHE电位下,氨气产率为5.2 μg·h-1·mg-1,合成氨法拉第效率在-0.1 V vs. RHE电位下高达9.77%。通过与纯钯相和GCP对比研究发现,催化剂NRR活性主要得益于钯颗粒与GCP的构效关系。GCP二维结构提高了电子传输效率,并提供较大的比表面积,促进NRR动力学,同时GCP的疏水表面可以一定程度地抑制析氢反应(HER)。另外,GCP表面钯颗粒有利于氮气吸附活化,为NRR提供了丰富的活性位点,而且催化剂的金属-载体作用力微调钯颗粒电子结构,优化中间产物的吸脱附,加速NRR。

关键词: 氮还原, 钯颗粒, 电催化, 法拉第效率

Abstract:

Ammonia (NH3) plays an essential role in agriculture and modern industries. Electrochemical fixation of nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NRR) under ambient conditions with renewable electricity is a promising strategy to replace the industrial Haber-Bosch method. However, it usually suffers from extremely poor ammonia yield and low Faraday efficiency due to the poor electrocatalysts. Therefore, intensive studies have been devoted to developing efficient NRR catalysts till now. Among them, palladium (Pd) can capture protons in the aqueous phase to form stable α-PdH, which balances the competitive adsorption between nitrogen and protons as well as reduces the NRR reaction energy barrier. In addition, carbon-based materials have the characteristics of weak hydrogen adsorption capacity, wide potential window and abundant valence electrons. In this work, graphene composite powder supported palladium particles (PdNPs@GCP) were prepared by chemical reduction under ambient condition via adopting commercial hy-drophobic GCP as carbon carrier for nitrogen reduction reaction. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterizations results showed that the well-crystallized palladium particles were successfully loaded on the GCP surface, and GCP was conducive to exposure of more active sites. Raman and XPS spectra confirmed the existence of metal-carrier interaction. Benefitting from the specific structure-activity relationship of the PdNPs@GCP, the ammonia yield was 5.2 μg·h-1·mg-1 at -0.2 V vs. RHE and Faraday efficiency of 9.77% was achieved at -0.1 V vs. RHE in 0.1 mol·L-1 Na2SO4 under natural conditions. Compared with pure palladium phase and GCP, the NRR activity of PdNPs@GCP was enhanced remarkably. The two-dimensional structure of GCP improved the mass transport efficiency and the hydrophobic surface could inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction through weakening the proton aggregation near the catalyst. Meanwhile, Pd particles on GCP would be favorable for nitrogen adsorption and activation, and the metal-carrier interaction of the catalyst could fine-tune the electronic structure of Pd, optimizing the adsorption and desorption of reaction intermediates to accelerate NRR. Strictly controlled experiments were carried out to eliminate any possible existing internal and external contaminations to confirm the source of the product NH3. The morphology and component of the catalyst were almost unchanged after suffering a long-term (10 hours) electrochemical test, indicating good stability of PdNPs@GCP. In addition, no byproduct hydrazine (N2H4) was detected, proving the excellent NRR selectivity of the catalyst. This work provides a facile strategy for the fabrication of carbon-based composite catalysts, which has a promising prospect in electrochemical ammonia synthesis and other energy transformation field.

Key words: nitrogen reduction, palladium particles, electrocatalysis, Faraday efficiency