Efficient electrochemical N2 fixation by doped-oxygen-induced phosphorus vacancy defects on copper phosphide nanosheets

• DOI: 10.1039/c9ta13135c
• Publication Date: 2020-02-24T19:03:45Z
• Authors: Meng Jin; Xian Zhang; Miaomiao Han; Haojie Wang; Guozhong Wang; Haimin Zhang
• Keywords: Macromolecular and materials chemistry; Materials engineering; Other engineering; 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

By a two-step method of doped-oxygen induction and electrochemical reduction, a phosphorus vacancy-modified cuprous phosphide catalyst is designed which exhibits excellent electrocatalytic NRR performance.