Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from water and nitrogen catalyzed by nano-Fe2O3 and CoFe2O4 suspended in a molten LiCl-KCl-CsCl electrolyte

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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 1.78x10(-10) mol s(-)1 cm(-2) and 3.00x10(-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
Publisher
KOREAN INSTITUTE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Issue Date
2016-06
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v.33, no.6, pp.1777 - 1780

ISSN
0256-1115
DOI
10.1007/s11814-016-0086-6
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/210166
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CE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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