A Zn–nitrite battery as an energy-output electrocatalytic system for high-efficiency ammonia synthesis using carbon-doped cobalt oxide nanotubes

Authors :: Rong Zhang
Shaoce Zhang
Ying Guo
Chuan Li
Jiahua Liu
Zhaodong Huang
Yuwei Zhao
Yangyang Li
Chunyi Zhi
Source :: Energy & Environmental Science. 15:3024-3032
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022.
Abstract: A Zn-NO2− battery with C/Co3O4 catalyst cathode is developed as an energy-output electrocatalytic system that can simultaneously convert NO2− to NH3 with high faradaic efficiency and supply electricity with a power density of 6.03 mW cm−2.

Subjects :: Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Pollution

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