Photocatalytic transfer of aqueous nitrogen into ammonia using nickel-titanium-layered double hydroxide
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2022-12-15Author
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The development of solar-driven transfer of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia is one of the green and sustainable strategies in industrial ammonia production. Nickel-titanium-layered double hydroxide (NiTi-LDH) was synthesised using the soft-chemical process for atmospheric nitrogen fixation application under photocatalysis in an aqueous system. NiTi-LDH was investigated using advanced characterisation techniques and confirmed the potential oxygen vacancies and/or surface defects owing to better photocatalytic activity under the solar spectrum. It also exhibited a bandgap of 2.8 eV that revealed its promising visible-light catalytic activities. A maximum of 33.52 µmol L-1 aqueous NH3 was obtained by continuous nitrogen (99.9% purity) supply into the photoreactor under an LED light source. Atmospheric nitrogen supply (≈78%) yielded 14.67 µmol L-1 aqueous NH3 within 60 min but gradually reduced to 3.6 µmol L-1 at 330 min. Interestingly, in weak acidic pH, 20.90 µmol L-1 NH3 was produced compared to 11.51 µmol L-1 NH3 in basic pH. The application of NiTi-LDH for visible-light harvesting capability and photoreduction of atmospheric N2 into NH3 thereby opens a new horizon of eco-friendly NH3 production using natural sunlight as alternative driving energy.
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