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Green electrosynthesis of 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan energetic materials coupled with energy-efficient hydrogen production over Pt-based catalysts
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Green electrosynthesis of 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan energetic materials coupled with energy-efficient hydrogen production over Pt-based catalysts

Jiachen Li, Yuqiang Ma, Cong Zhang, Chi Zhang, Huijun Ma, Zhaoqi Guo, Ning Liu, Ming Xu, Haixia Ma and Jieshan Qiu
Nature communications, Vol.14(1), p.8146
09/12/2023
PMID: 38065975

Abstract

The broad employment of clean hydrogen through water electrolysis is restricted by large voltage requirement and energy consumption because of the sluggish anodic oxygen evolution reaction. Here we demonstrate a novel alternative oxidation reaction of green electrosynthesis of valuable 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan energetic materials and coupled with hydrogen production. Such a strategy could greatly decrease the hazard from the traditional synthetic condition of 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan and achieve low-cell-voltage hydrogen production on WS /Pt single-atom/nanoparticle catalyst. The assembled two-electrode electrolyzer could reach 10 and 100 mA cm with ultralow cell voltages of 1.26 and 1.55 V and electricity consumption of only 3.01 and 3.70 kWh per m of H in contrast of the conventional water electrolysis (~5 kWh per m ). Density functional theory calculations combine with experimental design decipher the synergistic effect in WS /Pt for promoting Volmer-Tafel kinetic rate during alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction, while the oxidative-coupling of starting materials driven by free radical could be the underlying mechanism during the synthesis of 3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan. This work provides a promising avenue for the concurrent electrosynthesis of energetic materials and low-energy-consumption hydrogen production.
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