A TiO2−x nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies: an efficient electrocatalyst toward nitrite conversion to ammonia

• DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00856d
• Publication Date: 2022-02-15T09:21:23Z
• Authors: Donglin Zhao; Jie Liang; Jun Li; Longcheng Zhang; Kai Dong; Luchao Yue; Yongsong Luo; Yuchun Ren; Qian Liu; Mohamed S. Hamdy; Quan Li; Qingquan Kong; Xuping Sun
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

In situ grown TiO2 nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies on Ti plate acts as a high-efficiency and stable catalyst for electrochemical NO2− reduction to NH3, attaining a large NH3 yield of 7898 μg h−1 cm−2 with a high faradaic efficiency of 92.7%.