High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, ZY Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) comprising five or more elements in near-equiatomic
proportions have attracted ever increasing attention for their distinctive properties, such as …

Recent progress in electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NRR)

Z Huang, M Rafiq, AR Woldu, QX Tong, D Astruc… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an essential raw ingredient for fertilizers, a carbon-free hydrogen carrier, and an
alternative fuel. The natural process of producing ammonia cannot meet the rapidly growing …

Pulsed electroreduction of low-concentration nitrate to ammonia

Y Huang, C He, C Cheng, S Han, M He, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3−) reduction to ammonia (NRA) has emerged as an
alternative strategy for effluent treatment and ammonia production. Despite significant …

Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

J Kozuch, K Ataka, J Heberle - Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2023 - nature.com
When molecules are placed at the interface to metals or metal oxides, an increase in their
infrared (IR) spectral intensities is observed, a phenomenon termed surface-enhanced …

Multi‐sites electrocatalysis in high‐entropy alloys

H Li, J Lai, Z Li, L Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted widespread attention in electrocatalysis due to
their unique advantages (adjustable composition, complex surface, high tolerance, etc.) …

Recent developments in heterogeneous electrocatalysts for ambient nitrogen reduction to ammonia: Activity, challenges, and future perspectives

MA Mushtaq, M Arif, G Yasin, M Tabish, A Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) plays a significant role in fertilizer production to support the ever-increasing
population and serves as a renewable energy carrier as well as a zero-carbon emission …

Shielding protection by mesoporous catalysts for improving plasma-catalytic ambient ammonia synthesis

Y Wang, W Yang, S Xu, S Zhao, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plasma catalysis is a promising technology for decentralized small-scale ammonia (NH3)
synthesis under mild conditions using renewable energy, and it shows great potential as an …

Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis

S Liu, T Qian, M Wang, H Ji, X Shen, C Wang, C Yan - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The simultaneous achievement of both high ammonia yield and Faradaic efficiency in
electrochemical nitrogen reduction is a long-sought-after goal. However, due to the strong …

Metal–organic framework-based catalysts with single metal sites

YS Wei, M Zhang, R Zou, Q Xu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of distinctive porous crystalline materials
constructed by metal ions/clusters and organic linkers. Owing to their structural diversity …

Hydrogen Radical-Induced Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction at a Low Potential

X Feng, J Liu, L Chen, Y Kong, Z Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Realizing efficient hydrogenation of N2 molecules in the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction
reaction (NRR) is crucial in achieving high activity at a low potential because it theoretically …