Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 54: 161-177.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64537-1
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Yingzhen Zhanga, Jianying Huanga,b,*(), Yuekun Laia,b,*(
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2023-06-12
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2023-09-27
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2023-11-18
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2023-11-15
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Jianying Huang received PhD degree in 2007 from College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University. During 2007-2011, she is an assistant professor at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter. Later, she acted as visiting scholar at Muenster University. From 2013 to 2018, she was an associate professor at School of Textile and Clothing Engineering in Soochow University. Currently, she is a full professor at College of Chemical Engineering at Fuzhou University, and selected as the 2019-2022 Highly Cited Researchers. Her research interests focus on bio-inspired surfaces with special wettability, advanced materials for energy and environmental applications.Supported by:
Yingzhen Zhang, Jianying Huang, Yuekun Lai. Recent advances of ammoxidation in clean energy exploitation and sewage purification: A mini review[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 54: 161-177.
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Fig. 1. (a) Comparison of volumetric energy densities of different energy sources. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [5]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (b) Schematic of a DAFC. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [19]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (c) Diagram of AOR coupled with HER. (d) The pathways of AOR in acidic (pH = 0) and basic (pH = 14) conditions. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [17]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 2. The typical development process and future challenges of AOR. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [33]. Copyright 2021, John Wiley and Sons. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [34]. Copyright 2023, Springer Nature.
Fig. 4. (a) Estimated AOR onset potential for close-packed facets of transition metals. The colors indicate the determining steps for each metal. (b) Activity as predicted by Sabatier analysis for both mechanisms at 0 V vs. RHE. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [36]. Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society. Free energy diagram of AOR on Pt(111) (c) and Cu(111) (d) at 0 V vs. RHE. All energies are given with adsorbates at infinite separation, 1/9 ML coverage. Zero energy corresponds to N2 (g). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [36]. Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 5. (a) Adsorption energy of different AOR intermediates on Pt3-xIrx. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [37]. Copyright 2018, Elsevier. (b) AOR reaction diagram on PtIrNi/SiO2-CNT-COOH. Gibbs free energy (c), corresponding reaction models (d), and d-orbital densities (e) on Pt(100), Pt3Ir(100) and Pt3IrNi(100). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [38]. Copyright 2020, American Chemical Society. (f) Possible products of AOR. (g) Binding energies of the reactants, intermediates, and products on different metals. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [39]. Copyright 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Fig. 6. (a) Binding energies of Fe7, Fe7Ni, Fe7Mo, and Fe7Co clusters, from left to right. (b) Electron cloud density of NH3 and Fe7, Fe6Ni(l and t), Fe6Mo(l and t), and Fe6Co(l and t)clusters. (c) Relationship between d-band center and ammonia adsorption energy. (d) Gibbs energy free and (e) intermediates geometries of NH3 on Fe6Mo(t). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [40]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier.
Fig. 7. (a) In-situ FTIR spectra of AOR on Pt surface at different potentials. (b) Potential dependence of AOR current density at the Pt electrode and the intensity of corresponding FTIR spectra. (c) AOR pathways on Pt surface. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [46]. Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 8. (a) In-situ UV-Vis spectra of AgNPs and Agn0 during thermal catalysis. (b,c) In-situ FTIR spectra of the AOR process performed at different temperatures. (d) Selectivity of AOR. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [47]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 9. (a,b) Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and power density curves of DAFC in KOH solutions with various concentrations. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [22]. Copyright 2019, Elsevier. CV curves (c), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data (d), and AOR activity (e) of PtIrZn2/CeO2-ZIF-8 at various KOH concentrations. (f) Electrochemical performance curves of DAFCs with PtIrZn2/SiO2-CNT-COOH and other contrast electrodes. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [49]. Copyright 2021, RSC Publishing. (g) CV curves and (h) Ea of NiCu@NiCuOOH and NiCu, in 2.0 mol L-1 NaOH containing 0.4 mol L-1 NH4Cl. (i) Electrochemical performance curves in different concentrations of NaOH with 0.4 mol L-1 NH4Cl. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [50]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier.
Fig. 10. (a) Electrochemical performance curves of PtRu/C as anode and Pd/C as cathode, under 25, 40, 60, 80, and 95 °C, respectively. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [51]. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (b) PtIr as anode and LaCr0.25Fe0.25Co0.5O3-δ (LCFCO) as cathode, at 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 °C, respectively. (c) PtIr as anode, and LCFCO as cathode, compared with Pt/C as cathode, at 70 and 80 °C, respectively. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [52]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (d) CV curves of PtIr/C catalyst in 1.0 mol L-1 KOH saturated with Ar-NH3 vapor, recorded at a scan rate of 20 mV s-1, and 25, 40, 50, and 60 °C, respectively. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [53]. Copyright 2018, The Electrochemical Society.
Fig. 11. Preparation process diagram of the PtPb nanocatalysts (a), their particle size distribution (b), and TEM image (c). (d) CV curves of PtPb/C in 1.0 mol L-1 KOH with or without 0.1 mol L-1 NH3·H2O recorded at a scan rate of 10 mV s-1. (e) CV curves of PtPb/C in 1.0 mol L-1 KOH with 0.1 mol L-1 NH3·H2O. (f) Chronopotentiometry curves of PtPb/C and Pt/C at 50 mA mg-1Pt. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [71]. Copyright 2023, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 12. CV curves of Ni/MnO2 (a), Cu/MnO2 (b), and NiCu/MnO2 (c) in 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH with or without 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl. (d) CA (chronoampetometry) curves for Ni/MnO2, Cu/MnO2, and NiCu/MnO2 at +0.6 V vs. Hg/HgO. (e) Faradic efficiencies obtained with NiCu/MnO2 at a constant potential from +0.6 to +1.0 V in a 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH electrolyte containing 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [79]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society. (f) The energy barriers of the different reaction steps in Ni-Cu-Fe-OOH and Ni-Cu-OOH, inset demonstrates the energy barriers for the divergence steps of the G-M mechanism and the O-S mechanism in the Ni-Cu-Fe-OOH system. (g) CV curves of a-NiCuFe and a-NiCu in 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH with or without 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl. (h) Time-dependent UV-Vis spectra of an NH3-containing solution tested for AOR. (i) NH3 removal efficiency and Faradaic efficiency of a-NiCuFe at different applied potentials. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [81]. Copyright 2021, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 13. (a) The time-dependent concentration profiles of NH4+, NO2-, and NO3- over time, at an applied current density of 30 mA cm-2. (b) XPS spectra of NiO-TiO2 before and after reaction, indicating changes in the material's composition and surface chemistry. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [27]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier. (c,d) The correlation between pH values and the effect of pH on nitrate generation of N2 and NO3- at C0(NH3) 10 mg L-1. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [82]. Copyright 2021, Elsevier. (e) Removal efficiency and selectivity on PtCu/G electrodes by different applied current density (CD) and C0 of NH3. (f) Reaction diagram of AOR on metal oxides. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [26]. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 14. Free energy diagrams for the conversion of NH3 to NO3-, via the O-S mechanism (a) and the G-M mechanism (b). (c) Representation of the lowest energy configurations for AOR intermediates. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [86]. Copyright 2021, John Wiley and Sons.
Material | Preparation | Electrolyte | Method | j (mA cm-2) | Field | Ref. |
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Ni(OH)2 | sol-gel method | 0.1 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.2 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 70 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiO/TiO2 | solution combustion | 0.1 mol L-1 NaNO3 + 0.2 mol L-1 NH4OH | EC | 2 | Purify Sewage | [ |
MgO/Co3O4 | Co-precipitation | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 30 ppm NH4Cl | COA | NA | Purify Sewage | [ |
PtIrNi1/SiO2-CNT-COOH | sonochemical-assistance | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 120 A g-1 | AOR | [ |
PtIrZn/CeO2-ZIF-8 | sonochemical-assistance | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 44 A g-1 | DAFC | [ |
NiCu@NiCuOOH | electrooxidation | 2.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.4 mol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 100 | DAFC | [ |
PtRu/C | commercial | 3.0 mol L-1 KOH + 3.0 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | NA | DAFC | [ |
LaCr0.25Fe0.25Co0.5O3-δ | physically mix | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 7.0 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | NA | DAFC | [ |
PtPb/C | solvothermal | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 191.2 | AOR-H2 | [ |
TiO/Ti foil | calcined | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 0.06 | AOR-H2 or DAFC | [ |
Ni2P/NF | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.1 mol L-1 KOH + 1000 ppm NH3 | EC | 13 | Purify Sewage | [ |
Ni1Cu3-S-T/CP | hydrothermal and annealed | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.2 mol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 130 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCu/MnO2 | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 30 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCuFe | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 60 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCu/CP | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 52 | AOR | [ |
Ni(OH)2/SnO2 | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.5 mol L-1 K2SO4 + 10 mmol L-1 NH3 | EC | 4.5 | Purify Sewage | [ |
Au@Pt NPs | seed-mediated growth method | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.05 mol L-1 NH3 | PEC | 1.1 | AOR | [ |
FePi/Fe2O3 | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.1 mol L-1 NaOH + 500 ppm NH3 | PEC | 1.2 | Purify sewage | [ |
SL C3N4 | annealed | 1.5 mg L-1 NH3 | PC | NA | Purify sewage | [ |
Table 1 Comparative analysis of AOR performance among Ni-based, Cu-based, and other metal catalysts.
Material | Preparation | Electrolyte | Method | j (mA cm-2) | Field | Ref. |
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Ni(OH)2 | sol-gel method | 0.1 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.2 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 70 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiO/TiO2 | solution combustion | 0.1 mol L-1 NaNO3 + 0.2 mol L-1 NH4OH | EC | 2 | Purify Sewage | [ |
MgO/Co3O4 | Co-precipitation | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 30 ppm NH4Cl | COA | NA | Purify Sewage | [ |
PtIrNi1/SiO2-CNT-COOH | sonochemical-assistance | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 120 A g-1 | AOR | [ |
PtIrZn/CeO2-ZIF-8 | sonochemical-assistance | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 44 A g-1 | DAFC | [ |
NiCu@NiCuOOH | electrooxidation | 2.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.4 mol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 100 | DAFC | [ |
PtRu/C | commercial | 3.0 mol L-1 KOH + 3.0 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | NA | DAFC | [ |
LaCr0.25Fe0.25Co0.5O3-δ | physically mix | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 7.0 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | NA | DAFC | [ |
PtPb/C | solvothermal | 1.0 mol L-1 KOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 191.2 | AOR-H2 | [ |
TiO/Ti foil | calcined | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.1 mol L-1 NH3 | EC | 0.06 | AOR-H2 or DAFC | [ |
Ni2P/NF | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.1 mol L-1 KOH + 1000 ppm NH3 | EC | 13 | Purify Sewage | [ |
Ni1Cu3-S-T/CP | hydrothermal and annealed | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.2 mol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 130 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCu/MnO2 | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 30 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCuFe | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 60 | Purify Sewage | [ |
NiCu/CP | electrodeposition | 0.5 mol L-1 NaOH + 55 mmol L-1 NH4Cl | EC | 52 | AOR | [ |
Ni(OH)2/SnO2 | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.5 mol L-1 K2SO4 + 10 mmol L-1 NH3 | EC | 4.5 | Purify Sewage | [ |
Au@Pt NPs | seed-mediated growth method | 1.0 mol L-1 NaOH + 0.05 mol L-1 NH3 | PEC | 1.1 | AOR | [ |
FePi/Fe2O3 | hydrothermal and annealed | 0.1 mol L-1 NaOH + 500 ppm NH3 | PEC | 1.2 | Purify sewage | [ |
SL C3N4 | annealed | 1.5 mg L-1 NH3 | PC | NA | Purify sewage | [ |
Fig. 15. Exploring catalyst design ideas, real-time catalyst monitoring in electrochemical processes, innovative approaches for detecting AOR reaction intermediates, and the multidisciplinary research significance of AOR across various fields.
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