Effects of ionic interferents on electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: mechanistic insight

J Fan, LK Arrazolo, J Du, H Xu, S Fang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nitrate, a prevalent water pollutant, poses substantial public health concerns and
environmental risks. Electrochemical reduction of nitrate (eNO3RR) has emerged as an …

Electrochemical wastewater refining: A vision for circular chemical manufacturing

DM Miller, K Abels, J Guo, KS Williams… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wastewater is an underleveraged resource; it contains pollutants that can be transformed
into valuable high-purity products. Innovations in chemistry and chemical engineering will …

Renewable energy driven electroreduction nitrate to ammonia and in-situ ammonia recovery via a flow-through coupled device

B Zhou, G Zhan, Y Yao, W Zhang, S Zhao, F Quan… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Green ammonia production from wastewater via electrochemical nitrate reduction
contributes substantially to the realization of carbon neutrality. Nonetheless, the current …

A novel integrated flow-electrode capacitive deionization and flow cathode system for nitrate removal and ammonia generation from simulated groundwater

J Sun, S Garg, TD Waite - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate is a promising method for the removal of nitrate from
contaminated groundwater. However, the presence of hardness cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) in …

New electrochemical reactor design for emergent pollutants removal by electrochemical oxidation

R Montenegro-Ayo, T Pérez, MRV Lanza, E Brillas… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the theoretical and experimental confirmation of the performance of a
novel pre-pilot reactor design implementing a boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode to …

Ultrafine nano-copper derived from dopamine polymerization & synchronous adsorption achieve electrochemical purification of nitrate to ammonia in complex water …

X Zhao, M Chen, D Wang, H Zhang, G Hu… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Electrochemical-nitrate-reduction-reaction (eNitRR) synthesis of ammonia is an
effective way to treat nitrate wastewater and alleviate the pressure of the Haber-Bosch …

Engineering a molecular electrocatalytic system for energy-efficient ammonia production from wastewater nitrate

DM Miller, MJ Liu, K Abels, A Kogler… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Anthropogenic ammonia production has sustained exponential population growth but
exacerbated wastewater nitrate pollution. Abundant nitrate can be refined to purified …

An anti-scaling strategy for electrochemical wastewater treatment: leveraging tip-enhanced electric fields

Y Zhu, W Duan, Z Huang, L Tian, W Wu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrode scaling poses a critical barrier to the adoption of electrochemical processes in
wastewater treatment, primarily due to electrode inactivation and increased internal reactor …

Enabling circular economy by N-recovery: Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate with cobalt hydroxide nanocomposites on copper foam treating low conductivity …

GA Cerrón-Calle, AS Fajardo, J Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fertilizers play a vital role in the food-energy-water nexus. The traditional method of artificial
nitrogen fixation to produce ammonia is a high-energy intensive centralized process that has …

Electrodialysis and nitrate reduction (EDNR) to enable distributed ammonia manufacturing from wastewaters

J Guo, MJ Liu, C Laguna, DM Miller… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Underutilized wastewaters containing dilute levels of reactive nitrogen (Nr) can help
rebalance the nitrogen cycle. This study describes electrodialysis and nitrate reduction …