Unveiling the genesis of the high catalytic activity in nickel phthalocyanine for electrochemical ammonia synthesis

• DOI: 10.1039/d1ta00766a
• Publication Date: 2021-04-30T12:05:44Z
• Authors: Shyamal Murmu; Sourav Paul; Samadhan Kapse; Ranjit Thapa; Santanu Chattopad...; Abharana N.; Shambhu N. Jha; Dibyendu Bhattach...; Uttam Kumar Ghorai
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

DFT is applied to identify the active sites of NiPc for NRR and its catalytic origination. Accordingly, NiPc nanorods, synthesized by solvothermal method, exhibit NH3 yield rate of 85 μg h−1 mgcat−1 and FE of 25% at −0.3 V vs. RHE.