<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Verma, Tushar Singh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samal, Pragnya Paramita</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selvaraj, Kaliaperumal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnamurty, Sailaja</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Can Li atoms anchored on boron- and nitrogen-doped graphene catalyze dinitrogen molecules to ammonia? a DFT study</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ChemPhysChem</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">computational chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Graphene Sheet</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterogeneous catalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li Nanoparticles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitrogen Reduction Reaction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	The most successful electrochemical conversion of ammonia from dinitrogen molecule reported to date is through a Li mediated mechanism. In the framework of the above fact and that Li anchored graphene is an experimentally feasible system, the present work is a computational experiment to identify the potential of Li anchored graphene as a catalyst for N-2 to NH3 conversion as a function of (a) minimum number of Li atoms needed for anchoring on graphene sheets and (b) the role of chemical modification of graphene surfaces. The studies bring forth an understanding that Li anchored graphene sheets are potential catalysts for ammonia conversion with preferential adsorption of N-2 through end-on configuration on Li atoms anchored on doped and pristine graphene surfaces. This mode of adsorption being characteristic of Nitrogen Reduction Reaction (NRR) through enzymatic pathway, examination of the same followed by analysis of electronic properties demonstrates that tri-Li atoms (Tri Atom Catalysts, TACs) are more efficient as catalysts for NRR as compared to two Li atoms (Di Atom Catalysts, DACs). Either way, the rate determining step was found to be *NH2 -&amp;gt;*NH3 step (mixed pathway) with Delta G(max)=1.02 eV and *NH2-*NH3 -&amp;gt;*NH2 step (enzymatic pathway) with Delta G(max)=1.11 eV for 1B doped TAC and DAC on graphene sheet, respectively. Consequently, this work identifies the viability of Li anchored graphene based 2-D sheets as hetero-atom catalyst for NRR.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samudre, Nikhil S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnamurty, Sailaja</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Graphitic carbon nitride supported boron quantum dots: a transition metal free alternative for di-nitrogen to ammonia reaction</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CHEMPHYSCHEM</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boron quantum dot</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electro-catalyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Graphitic carbon nitride</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hydrogen evolution reaction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Limiting potential</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">metal free catalyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitrogen Reduction Reaction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Presently, a sustainable electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction (NRR) has been essentially found to be viable on transition metal-based catalysts. However, being cost-effective and non-corrosive, metal-free catalysts present an ideal solution for a sustainable world. Herein, through a DFT-based study, we demonstrate metal-free NRR catalysts, boron quantum dots with 13 atoms as a case study and their chemically modified counterparts when anchored on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) surface. The best catalyst among the studied, a silicon-doped boron quantum dot with a cagelike structure, is found to favour the dinitrogen to ammonia reaction pathway with a low liming potential and potential rate-determining step (PDS) of -0.11 V and 0.27 eV, respectively. The present work demonstrates as to how boron quantum dots, which are reported to be experimentally synthesised, can be exploited for ammonia synthesis when supported on the surface. These catalysts effectively suppress the HER, thus establishing its suitability as an ideal catalyst. The work also represents a futuristic pathway towards a metal-free catalyst for NRR.&lt;/p&gt;
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