Recent advances in ammonia synthesis over ruthenium single-atom-embedded catalysts: A focused review

SM Ghoreishian, K Shariati, YS Huh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to achieve the net-zero carbon emission target in 2050 by reducing the use of fossil
fuels and their environmental impact, ammonia is increasingly considered as a key energy …

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 …

Bimetallic PdFe3 Nano‐Alloy with Tunable Electron Configuration for Boosting Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation

J Mu, Z Zhao, XW Gao, ZM Liu, WB Luo… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalyst plays animportant role in electrochemical ammonia synthesis by determining
the nitrogen reduction reaction pathway. Featuring the inherent half‐filled 3d orbitals, ion …

Ammonia as a Green Carbon-Free Fuel: A Pathway to the Sustainable Energy Economy

H Tan, Z Sang, Y Tian, W Peng, X Liu… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The risk associated with the transportation and storage of hydrogen gas has driven people
to seek alternative fuels with better safety and more mature transportation/storage …

Complete Single-Pass Conversion of Dilute Nitrate to Ammonia Using Cu/Co(OH)2 Tandem Electrocatalyst

Z Ren, K Shi, Z Meng, MD Willis, X Feng - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) provides a promising route for the
denitrification of wastewater and sustainable NH3 production but requires active and …

Rationally designed oxygen vacant TiO2 decorated with covalent organic framework for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia

B Mishra, S Biswal, M Ussama, MA Haider… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the rational design of uniformly distributed oxygen vacant TiO 2− x
nanoparticles supported on an anthraquinone-based covalent organic framework (TiO 2 …

Volcanic-size-dependent activity trends in Ru-catalyzed alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

DS Baek, HY Lim, J Kim, J Lee, JS Lim, D Kim… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays a pivotal role in realizing a H2-based
circular economy. However, it is a topic of ongoing debate because of its complexity. Here …

Electron Sponge Effect by Dynamic-Regulated Electron Self-Flow toward Coupled Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis

JJ Mu, XW Gao, Z Zhao, ZM Liu, Q Gu, WB Luo - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
A dynamic-regulated Pd–Fe–N electrocatalyst was effectively constructed with electron-
donating and back-donating effects, which serves as an efficient engineering strategy to …

Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic? Optimizing the Catalyst Microenvironment for Gas‐Involving Electrocatalysis

K Shi, Z Ren, Z Meng, X Feng - ChemCatChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysis plays a key role in the development of renewable energy technologies.
Along with the design of electrocatalysts, the microenvironment around catalytic sites has …

Boosting protonation kinetics for ammonia electrosynthesis on Ru sites embedded in nanoporous ReSe2

D Chen, J Lan, F **e, J Peng, M Peng, C Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic N 2 reduction reaction (NRR) is a promising approach for renewable NH 3
production but is constrained by poor activity and selectivity, owing to the sluggish …