Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y **ong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Local reaction environment in electrocatalysis

C Chen, H **, P Wang, X Sun, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Beyond conventional electrocatalyst engineering, recent studies have unveiled the
effectiveness of manipulating the local reaction environment in enhancing the performance …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia with cation shuttling in a solid electrolyte reactor

FY Chen, A Elgazzar, S Pecaut, C Qiu, Y Feng… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
While electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia represents a promising route for water
treatment and ammonia generation, one critical challenge in the field is the need for high …

Calcium-mediated nitrogen reduction for electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, VA Niemann, Y Zhou, S Li, K Zhang… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Ammonia (NH3) is a key commodity chemical for the agricultural, textile and pharmaceutical
industries, but its production via the Haber–Bosch process is carbon-intensive and …

Long-term continuous ammonia electrosynthesis

S Li, Y Zhou, X Fu, JB Pedersen, M Saccoccio… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Ammonia is crucial as a fertilizer and in the chemical industry and is considered to be a
carbon-free fuel. Ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrogen under ambient conditions offers …

Lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction to ammonia via the catalytic solid–electrolyte interphase

W Chang, A Jain, F Rezaie, K Manthiram - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
The lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction reaction (LiNRR) produces ammonia in ambient
conditions. This electrochemical pathway is dependent on a catalytic solid–electrolyte …

Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on metallic CoNi‐terminated catalyst with industrial‐level current density in neutral medium

Y Wei, J Huang, H Chen, SJ Zheng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Green ammonia synthesis through electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (eNO3RR) can
serve as an effective alternative to the traditional energy‐intensive Haber‐Bosch process …

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

Y Wang, M Sun, J Zhou, Y **ong, Q Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) to ammonia has been regarded as a
promising strategy to balance the global nitrogen cycle. However, it still suffers from poor …