Origin of electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction activity over transition metal disulfides: critical role of in situ generation of S vacancy

• DOI: 10.1039/d4ta00307a
• Publication Date: 2024-02-22T10:29:36Z
• Authors: Tianyi Wang; Zhongyuan Guo; Hirofumi Oka; Akichika Kumatani; Chuangwei Liu; Hao Li
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

We identified an interesting electrochemistry-driven “in situ” generation of S-vacancies of transition metal disulfides, which serves as an origin of promising electrochemical ammonia synthesis activity.