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 …

Effects of ionic interferents on electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: mechanistic insight

J Fan, LK Arrazolo, J Du, H Xu, S Fang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nitrate, a prevalent water pollutant, poses substantial public health concerns and
environmental risks. Electrochemical reduction of nitrate (eNO3RR) has emerged as an …

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 …

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 …

A chemically interlocked bipolar membrane achieving stable water dissociation for high output ammonia electrosynthesis

Z Xu, Y Liao, M Pang, L Wan, Q Xu, Y Zhen… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Water dissociation (WD) with bipolar membranes (BMs) is becoming the most effective
solution for optimizing pH or ionic species incompatibility of anolyte/catholyte in …

Gram‐level NH3 Electrosynthesis via NOx reduction on a Cu Activated Co Electrode

DX Liu, Z Meng, YF Zhu, XF Sun, X Deng… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ambient electrochemical ammonia (NH3) synthesis is one promising alternative to the
energy‐intensive Haber–Bosch route. However, the industrial requirement for the …

Bipolar membranes for intrinsically stable and scalable CO2 electrolysis

KV Petrov, CI Koopman, S Subramanian, MTM Koper… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
CO2 electrolysis allows the sustainable production of carbon-based fuels and chemicals.
However, state-of-the-art CO2 electrolysers employing anion exchange membranes (AEMs) …

Strategies and applications of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction towards ammonia

H Zhang, K Fang, J Yang, H Chen, J Ning… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO 3 RR) provides an appealing and
sustainable pathway to achieve valuable ammonia (NH 3) production and realize …

High Faraday efficiency of Cu 1 Co 1–BCN based on a dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate hybrid for electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia

J Wang, Z Fan, H Zhao, X Liu, M Zheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The process of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NIRR) to produce ammonia (NH3)
presents a promising solution to the challenges of nitrate contamination and high value …

Complete Single-Pass Conversion of Dilute Nitrate to Ammonia Using Cu/Co(OH)2 Tandem Electrocatalyst

Z Ren, K Shi, Z Meng, MD Willis, X Feng - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) provides a promising route for the
denitrification of wastewater and sustainable NH3 production but requires active and …