The catalytic system of biological nitrogen fixation in nature primarily relies on the “FeMo cofactor” within nitrogenase enzymes. Inspired by this natural structure, we have designed a bionic inorganic counterpart, iron‐doped MoSe 2 , for the efficient electroreduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. The introduced Fe dopant significantly enhances nitrogen fixation activity of MoSe 2 . Furthermore, we constructed a heterostructure catalyst, the Fe‐MoSe 2 /Mo 2 C with more versatile Mo valence states. The heterostructured electrocatalyst achieves an ammonia production rate of 3.38 μg cm −2 h −1 , and a Faradaic efficiency of 30.8 %, which is ~5 fold higher than that of pristine MoSe 2 . This study presents a novel approach for designing bionic nitrogen fixation electrocatalysts.
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