Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …

Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

W He, J Zhang, S Dieckhöfer, S Varhade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic recycling of waste nitrate (NO3−) to valuable ammonia (NH3) at ambient
conditions is a green and appealing alternative to the Haber− Bosch process. However, the …

A metal coordination number determined catalytic performance in manganese borides for ambient electrolysis of nitrogen to ammonia

MA Mushtaq, A Kumar, W Liu, Q Ji, Y Deng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A new strategy that can effectively increase the nitrogen reduction reaction performance of
catalysts is proposed and verified by tuning the coordination number of metal atoms. It is …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst

ZY Wu, M Karamad, X Yong, Q Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate, a widespread water pollutant, back to valuable
ammonia is a green and delocalized route for ammonia synthesis, and can be an appealing …

Flower-like open-structured polycrystalline copper with synergistic multi-crystal plane for efficient electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Y Zhao, Y Liu, Z Zhang, Z Mo, C Wang, S Gao - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia is a promising way to regulate the global
nitrogen cycle, and is also an important complementary means of ammonia synthesis …

NH3 Electrosynthesis from N2 Molecules: Progresses, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Y Ren, S Li, C Yu, Y Zheng, C Wang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Green ammonia (NH3), made by using renewable electricity to split nearly limitless nitrogen
(N2) molecules, is a vital platform molecule and an ideal fuel to drive the sustainable …