Electrocatalytic refinery for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals

C Tang, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Compared to modern fossil‐fuel‐based refineries, the emerging electrocatalytic refinery (e‐
refinery) is a more sustainable and environmentally benign strategy to convert renewable …

Toward effective electrocatalytic C–N coupling for the synthesis of organic nitrogenous compounds using CO2 and biomass as carbon sources

H Jiang, X Wu, H Zhang, Q Yan, H Li, T Ma, S Yang - SusMat, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Thermochemical conversion of fossil resources into fuels, chemicals, and materials has
rapidly increased atmospheric CO2 levels, hindering global efforts toward achieving carbon …

Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis via C–N Coupling from CO2 and Nitrogenous Species

Y Wang, D Chen, C Chen, S Wang - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Industrial urea synthesis consists of the Haber–Bosch process to produce
ammonia and the subsequent Bosch–Meiser process to produce urea. Compared to the …

Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates

MJ Evans, C Jones - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous industrial processes utilise gaseous chemical feedstocks to produce useful
chemical products. Atmospheric and other small molecule gases, including anthropogenic …

Strategies to activate inert nitrogen molecules for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis: current status, challenges, and perspectives

Y Ren, C Yu, X Tan, Q Wei, Z Wang, L Ni… - Energy & …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (NRR) offers an alternative to the traditional Haber–
Bosch (H–B) process for the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) and has received a surge of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in electrochemical C–N coupling reactions

Y Zhong, H **ong, J Low, R Long, Y **ong - Escience, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Electrochemical C–N coupling has generated intense research interest as a promising
approach to reduce carbon and nitrogen emissions and store excess renewable electricity in …

Photo‐Assisted Li‐N2 Batteries with Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation and Energy Conversion

JY Li, XY Du, XX Wang, XY Yuan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Li‐N2 batteries have received widespread attention for their potential to integrate N2
fixation, energy storage, and conversion. However, because of the low activity and poor …

Identifying the facet-dependent active sites of Cu2O for selective CN coupling toward electrocatalytic urea synthesis

J Zhao, Y Yuan, F Zhao, W Han, Q Yuan, M Kou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the activity phases and reaction mechanisms at the atomic level is essential
for the design of electrocatalysts. Herein we investigate the origin of the facet-dependent …

Low-valent transition metalate anions in synthesis, small molecule activation, and catalysis

VR Landaeta, TM Horsley Downie, R Wolf - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
This review surveys the synthesis and reactivity of low-oxidation state metalate anions of the
d-block elements, with an emphasis on contributions reported between 2006 and 2022 …

Nitrogen fixation and transformation with main group elements

TT Liu, DD Zhai, BT Guan, ZJ Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen fixation is essential for the maintenance of life and development of society,
however, the large bond dissociation energy and nonpolarity of the triple bond constitute a …