Emerging applications, developments, prospects, and challenges of electrochemical nitrate‐to‐ammonia conversion

W Chen, X Yang, Z Chen, Z Ou, J Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is not only an important feedstock for chemical industry but also a carbon‐free
energy carrier and a safe storage media for hydrogen. Due to the advantages compared to …

Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials

K Zuo, S Garcia-Segura, GA Cerrón-Calle… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrified processes are a versatile way of removing a wide range of contaminants from
water, especially those that are difficult to treat using conventional methods. Electrified …

Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

S Zhang, J Wu, M Zheng, X **, Z Shen, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of nitrate to ammonia offers an efficient approach to reducing
nitrate pollutants and a potential technology for low-temperature and low-pressure ammonia …

Advances in ammonia electrosynthesis from ambient nitrate/nitrite reduction

J Liang, Z Li, L Zhang, X He, Y Luo, D Zheng, Y Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Designing genuine electrocatalysts that selectively reduce nitrate/nitrite (NO x−) is becoming
ever more vital to produce ammonia (NH 3) sustainably, safeguard the environment, and …

Structurally Disordered RuO2 Nanosheets with Rich Oxygen Vacancies for Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

Y Wang, H Li, W Zhou, X Zhang, B Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate pollutants to ammonia has emerged as an attractive
alternative for ammonia synthesis. Currently, many strategies have been developed for …

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 …

Regulating active hydrogen adsorbed on grain boundary defects of nano-nickel for boosting ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

J Zhou, M Wen, R Huang, Q Wu, Y Luo… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NitRR) into ammonia is a promising route for
sustainable ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions. Since the hydrogen evolution …

Ammonia and nitric acid demands for fertilizer use in 2050

J Lim, CA Fernández, SW Lee, MC Hatzell - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Access to nitrogen-based fertilizers is critical to maximize agricultural yield, as nitrogen is the
most common rate-limiting nutrient. Nearly all nitrogen-based fertilizers rely on ammonia …

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 …