Seminar

Date 2022-06-24 
Time 10:30 
Title Electrochemical N2 reduction (NRR) : Aqueous NRR vs. Non-aqueous NRR 

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Electrochemical N2 reduction (NRR) : Aqueous NRR vs. Non-aqueous NRR

 
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      : 최 재 철 / ETRI

 ■       : 2022년 6 24() 10시 30

 ■ Zoom:  https://kaist.zoom.us/j/83418316379


 ■ H o s t  : 신병하 교수

 ■ Abstract : 

 As an ideal alternative to the Haber-Bosch process, the renewable energy-powered electrochemical Nreduction to NHis a promising approach since the electrochemical reduction can occur under mild conditions; only water and Nare consumed during overall nitrogen reduction reaction.[1,2] However, the electrochemical reduction of Nto NH(the nitrogen reduction reaction “NRR”) requires the consecutive six-electron/proton transfer reactions to proceed and this leads to the sluggish kinetics, resulting in both low faradaic efficiency (< 10 %) and low yield rates (< 10-10 mole cm-2 s-1) for NHsynthesis in aqueous electrolytes. Such poor conversion efficiency and yield rates also make it more difficult to confirm the origins of the NHproduction, ie whether it genuinely comes from electrocatalytic NRR, as opposed to some other readily reducible N-containing contaminants (NO, NO2, N2O and doped N atoms in the materials) under reducing potentials. In order to avoid the issues observed in the aqueous NRR and boost up the NRR performance, a Li-mediated approach in non-aqueous electrolytes is recently highlighted due to its fast NHproduction and high faradaic efficiency. 

This presentation will conclude with a summary of the critical contaminants leading to false-positive NRR[3-5and also provide a new approach to enhance the activity of Li-mediated NHproduction using a proton shuttle rather than sacrificial proton source.[6]