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 …

Electrocatalytic upgrading of nitrogenous wastes into value-added chemicals: A review

J Liu, Z Li, C Lv, XY Tan, C Lee, XJ Loh, MH Chua, Z Li… - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the ever-increasing global population and the growing demand for energy
and food, human activities have exerted a substantial impact on the global nitrogen cycles …

Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism

S Han, H Li, T Li, F Chen, R Yang, Y Yu, B Zhang - Nature catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia plays a substantial role in agriculture and the next generation of carbon-free
energy supply. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to NH3 is attractive for nitrate removal and …

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 …

Intermetallic single-atom alloy In–Pd bimetallene for neutral electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrate

M **e, S Tang, Z Li, M Wang, Z **, P Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Harvesting recyclable ammonia (NH3) from the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate (NO3RR)
offers a sustainable strategy to close the ecological nitrogen cycle from nitration …

Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electroreduction nitrate to ammonia

J Dai, Y Tong, L Zhao, Z Hu, CT Chen, CY Kuo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia offers an attractive solution to environmental
sustainability and clean energy production but suffers from the sluggish* NO hydrogenation …

Laser-controlled tandem catalytic sites of CuNi alloys with ampere-level electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia reduction activities for Zn–nitrate batteries

W Yu, J Yu, M Huang, Y Wang, Y Wang, J Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The clean production of electric energy and ammonia (NH3) is an inevitable requirement of
modern industrial development. In this work, we synthesized CuNi alloy nanoparticles on a …

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

Y Wang, M Sun, J Zhou, Y **ong, Q Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) to ammonia has been regarded as a
promising strategy to balance the global nitrogen cycle. However, it still suffers from poor …

Optimizing intermediate adsorption via heteroatom ensemble effect over RuFe bimetallic alloy for enhanced nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

X Zhao, Y Jiang, M Wang, S Liu, Z Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) is a promising approach for nitrate
removal and NH3 synthesis at ambient conditions. As a complex eight‐electron/nine‐proton …

Carbon‐anchored Molybdenum oxide nanoclusters as efficient catalysts for the electrosynthesis of ammonia and urea

M Sun, G Wu, J Jiang, Y Yang, A Du, L Dai… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical NO3− reduction and its coupling with CO2 can provide novel and clean
routes to synthesize NH3 and urea, respectively. However, their practical application is still …