Everything you wanted to know about deep eutectic solvents but were afraid to be told

DO Abranches, JAP Coutinho - Annual Review of Chemical and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Are deep eutectic solvents (DESs) a promising alternative to conventional solvents?
Perhaps, but their development is hindered by a plethora of misconceptions. These are …

Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Dynamic reconstitution between copper single atoms and clusters for electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, Y Liu, X Zhu, S Bo, L **ao, C Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrocatalytic C N coupling between carbon dioxide and nitrate has emerged to
meet the comprehensive demands of carbon footprint closing, valorization of waste, and …

Electrocatalytic Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction toward Ammonia Using Cu2O Nanocubes: Active Species and Reaction Mechanisms

L Bai, F Franco, J Timoshenko… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of nitrate (NO3–) and nitrite (NO2–) enables sustainable,
carbon-neutral, and decentralized routes to produce ammonia (NH3). Copper-based …

Designing efficient nitrate reduction electrocatalysts by identifying and optimizing active sites of Co-based spinels

Q Hu, S Qi, Q Huo, Y Zhao, J Sun, X Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cobalt-based spinel oxides (ie, Co3O4) are emerging as low-cost and selective
electrocatalysts for the electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3–RR) to ammonia …

Prospects and challenges of green ammonia synthesis

D Ye, SCE Tsang - Nature Synthesis, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia is a chemical commodity in high demand, owing to its use in agriculture as well as
its potential as a chemical vector for renewable energy storage and transportation. At …

Construction of C–N bonds from small-molecule precursors through heterogeneous electrocatalysis

J Li, Y Zhang, K Kuruvinashetti… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Energy-intensive thermochemical processes within chemical manufacturing are a major
contributor to global CO2 emissions. With the increasing push for sustainability, the scientific …

Enhancing combustion efficiency and reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from ammonia combustion: A comprehensive review

J Tian, L Wang, Y **ong, Y Wang, W Yin, G Tian… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an efficient energy carrier with high hydrogen content and can be used as a
clean energy source to replace traditional petroleum fuels. Compared with hydrogen …

Optimizing intermediate adsorption over PdM (M= Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) bimetallene for boosted nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

Y Zhou, L Zhang, Z Zhu, M Wang, N Li… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia (NO3RR) is a promising and eco‐friendly
strategy for ammonia production. However, the sluggish kinetics of the eight‐electron …

Review of ammonia production and utilization: Enabling clean energy transition and net-zero climate targets

H Ishaq, C Crawford - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In 2015, the Paris agreement was signed by 196 countries in attendance at COP21 that
highlighted the need for rapid decarbonization and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and sets …