Citation: Sun Jie, Kong Wenhan, Jin Zhaoyong, Han Yaqian, Ma Liangyu, Ding Xiaoteng, Niu Yusheng, Xu Yuanhong. Recent advances of MXene as promising catalysts for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2020, 31(4): 953-960. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.01.035 shu

Recent advances of MXene as promising catalysts for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China

yhxu@qdu.edu.cn

Received Date: 6 November 2019
Revised Date: 22 December 2019
Accepted Date: 6 January 2020
Available Online: 17 January 2020

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Electrochemical reduction of N₂, as an eco-friendly alternative, not only allows the use of protons in water as a source of hydrogen under mild conditions but also can be driven by renewable electric energy. The major challenge is to identify high-efficiency electrocatalysts. MXene is a new class of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides that have received significant attention in electrocatalysis. The investigations on MXene in electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation are rapidly proceeding, and some breakthroughs have emerged very recently due to MXenes' satisfactory catalytic activity. Here, the recent progress concerning the MXene-based catalysts for electrochemical N₂ reduction reaction (NRR) is highlighted. In regards to giving guidelines for exploring more efficient MXene-based catalysts for the NRR, the fabrication and surface modification of MXene are discussed. Besides, the shortcomings and challenges of current research are summarized and the future research directions are prospected.
- Nitrogen reduction reaction,
- Electrocatalysis,
- MXene,
- Nanomaterials,
- Two-dimensional nanomaterials
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