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 …

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 …

Breaking local charge symmetry of iron single atoms for efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

J Xu, S Zhang, H Liu, S Liu, Y Yuan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical conversion of nitrate pollutants into value‐added ammonia is a feasible
way to achieve artificial nitrogen cycle. However, the development of electrocatalytic nitrate …

Recent progress and strategies on the design of catalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitrate reduction

W Song, L Yue, X Fan, Y Luo, B Ying, S Sun… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia (NH3) is an essential raw material in the production of fertilizers and a promising
carbon-free energy carrier, however, its synthesis still depends on the energy-and capital …

Sustainable ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate wastewater coupled to electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastic waste

T Ren, Z Yu, H Yu, K Deng, Z Wang, X Li, H Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Integrating the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
hydrolysate oxidation to construct the nitrate/PET hydrolysate coelectrolysis system holds a …

Unveiling cutting‐edge developments in electrocatalytic nitrate‐to‐ammonia conversion

H Zhang, H Wang, X Cao, M Chen, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The excessive enrichment of nitrate in the environment can be converted into ammonia
(NH3) through electrochemical processes, offering significant implications for modern …

Ambient electrosynthesis toward single‐atom sites for electrocatalytic green hydrogen cycling

X Zhao, D He, BY **a, Y Sun, B You - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the ultimate atomic utilization, well‐defined configuration of active sites and unique
electronic properties, catalysts with single‐atom sites (SASs) exhibit appealing performance …

Carbon‐anchored molybdenum oxide nanoclusters as efficient catalysts for the electrosynthesis of ammonia and urea

M Sun, G Wu, J Jiang, Y Yang, A Du, L Dai… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical NO3− reduction and its coupling with CO2 can provide novel and clean
routes to synthesize NH3 and urea, respectively. However, their practical application is still …

Elucidating the intrinsic activity and selectivity of Cu for nitrate electroreduction

Z Ren, K Shi, X Feng - ACS Energy Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cu-based catalysts have been widely explored for the electrochemical nitrate reduction
reaction (NO3RR), while the intrinsic activity and selectivity of Cu metal for the NO3RR …

Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites

E Murphy, Y Liu, I Matanovic, M Rüscher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic reduction of waste nitrates (NO3−) enables the synthesis of ammonia (NH3)
in a carbon neutral and decentralized manner. Atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon …