Tuning Spin Polarization of Iron in Oxides to Boost Electrocatalytic Ammonia Production

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 37(2025), 41 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e00900
1. Verfasser: Han, Ning (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Guo, Wei, Fan, Lizhou, Yan, Yu, Weng, Bo, Huang, Jianan Erick, Wu, Jingjing, Tang, Peng-Yi, Bai, Yang, Zheng, Yu-Ming, Wang, Shuo, Zhang, Xuan, Su, Bao-Lian
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article d orbital nitrogen reduction reaction occupation state perovskite spin polarization
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Zusammenfassung:© 2025 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.
The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) for ammonia production has gained attention for its potential to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. However, effective NRR catalysts currently rely on expensive noble metals, the development of cost-effective transition metal alternatives remains highly challenging. Iron-based catalysts are underexplored because of their inherently low reactivity. In this study, it is found that tailoring spin polarization, specifically the occupation state of electronics on d orbital in iron oxides, can highly boost NRR performance with carefully designed spin polarization. Iron in perovskite SrFeO3 with higher spin polarization shows 79 times increase in ammonia yield compared to iron in Fe2O3. This improvement is accompanied with 9 times increase in charge transfer between iron and *NNH, the rate-determining step of NRR manipulating the spin polarization of transition metals can lead to efficient catalysts for electrochemical NRR, offering valuable insights for enhancing catalyst performance and enabling more sustainable ammonia production
Beschreibung:Date Revised 17.10.2025
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202500900