Active Site Ensembles on Ni2P Surfaces Tune Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Selectivity

23 April 2024, Version 1
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Abstract

Active site ensembles on transition metal phosphides tune the selectivity of the nitrate reduction reaction and mitigate competing hydrogen evolution. Using Ni2P nanocrystals as a case study, we demonstrate evidence of a competitive Langmuir-Hinshelwood reaction mechanism that involves the co-adsorption of both H* and NOx* intermediates and the impact of co-adsorption on intermediate binding energetics and reaction selectivity toward NH3.

Keywords

transition metal phosphide
nitrate reduction reaction
electrocatalysis
Ni2P
selectivity

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