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Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from water and nitrogen catalyzed by nano-Fe2O3 and CoFe2O4 suspended in a molten LiCl-KCl-CsCl electrolyte
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea 1Advanced Materials & Devices Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 34129, Korea 2Petroleum and Gas Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 34129, Korea
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, June 2016, 33(6), 1777-1780(4), 10.1007/s11814-016-0086-6
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Abstract
Nano-Fe2O3 and CoFe2O4 were suspended in molten salt of alkali-metal chloride (LiCl-KCl-CsCl) and their catalytic activity in electrochemical ammonia synthesis was evaluated from potentiostatic electrolysis at 600 K. The presence of nanoparticle suspension in the molten chloride resulted in improved production of NH3, recording NH3 synthesis rate of 1.78×10-10 mol s-1 cm-2 and 3.00×10-10 mol s-1 cm-2 with CoFe2O4 and Fe2O3, which are 102% and 240% higher than that without the use of a nanocatalyst, respectively. We speculated that the nanoparticles triggered both the electrochemical reduction of nitrogen and also chemical reaction between nitrogen and hydrogen that was produced from water electro-reduction on cathode. The use of nanocatalysts in the form of suspension offers an effective way to overcome the sluggish nature of nitrogen reduction in the molten chloride electrolyte.
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