Controlled Interruption of Electrochemical Nitrite Reduction for Switchable NH <sub>2</sub> OH and Formamide Synthesis
Xingmiao Huang, Shijie Xie, Yangfan Li, Bo Sheng, Zhenlin Chen, Chuncheng Chen, Hua Sheng, Jincai Zhao
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian University Shanxi Normal University
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Electrochemical nitrite reduction has the potential to yield a wide range of nitrogen‐containing products, yet it typically converges to fully reduced NH 3 . Here, we introduce a reduction–interruption strategy that programs the reaction pathway on a Bi@C catalyst through the cooperative regulation of pH and CO, enabling precise control over product distribution. Depending on the coordinated pH–CO environment, nitrite can be selectively intercepted at NH 2 OH or diverted toward C─N coupling. Under optimized alkaline conditions with CO, formamide is produced with a Faradaic efficiency of 80.2% and a yield rate of 204.8 mmol·g cat −1 ·h −1 , while at near‐neutral conditions, the same strategy enhances NH 2 OH Faradaic efficiency to 79.1%. Mechanistic studies reveal that pH governs the reorientation and hydrogen‐bond structure of interfacial water, which dictates active hydrogen (*H) generation kinetics and thereby defines the attainable reduction depth, whether it stops at NH 2 OH or proceeds to deeper deoxygenation to *NH 2 . Only when *H is sufficiently available, *NH 2 then selectively captures CO, redirecting it away from complete hydrogenation. Collectively, we show that multi‐electron electrocatalysis can be programmed by coupling interfacial structural control with targeted molecular trapping, offering a generalizable route to accessing metastable intermediates and expanding nitrogen electrosynthesis beyond ammonia.
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