Recent advances in electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

L Ouyang, J Liang, Y Luo, D Zheng, S Sun, Q Liu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Artificial electrocatalytic ammonia (NH 3) synthesis is recently becoming a research hotspot.
It can couple with clean renewable electricity, which is considered an energy-efficient and …

Bimetallic‐based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

J Jiang, XL Zhou, HG Lv, HQ Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a core electrode reaction for the
renewable production of high‐purity hydrogen, carbon‐based fuel, synthetic ammonia, etc …

Recent Advances and Challenges of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia

G Qing, R Ghazfar, ST Jackowski, F Habibzadeh… - Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Global ammonia production reached 175 million metric tons in 2016, 90% of which is
produced from high purity N2 and H2 gases at high temperatures and pressures via the …

Electrocatalysis in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolyzers

I Jang, J SA Carneiro, JO Crawford, YJ Cho… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Interest in energy-to-X and X-to-energy (where X represents green hydrogen, carbon-based
fuels, or ammonia) technologies has expanded the field of electrochemical conversion and …

Strategies to suppress hydrogen evolution for highly selective electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: challenges and perspectives

Y Ren, C Yu, X Tan, H Huang, Q Wei… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia, as a significant chemical for fertilizer production and also a promising energy
carrier, is mainly produced through the traditional energy-intensive Haber–Bosch process …

Electrochemical nitrogen fixation and utilization: theories, advanced catalyst materials and system design

W Guo, K Zhang, Z Liang, R Zou, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen is a fundamental constituent for all living creatures on the Earth and modern
industrial society. The current nitrogen industry is largely powered by fossil fuels with huge …

Main-group elements boost electrochemical nitrogen fixation

L Li, C Tang, H **, K Davey, SZ Qiao - Chem, 2021‏ - cell.com
Renewable-energy-derived electrocatalytic nitrogen (N 2) reduction reaction (NRR) is
practically promising for the production of green ammonia (NH 3). However, NRR is limited …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: mechanistic understanding and catalyst design

H Shen, C Choi, J Masa, X Li, J Qiu, Y Jung, Z Sun - Chem, 2021‏ - cell.com
NH 3 production is dependent on the century-old Haber-Bosch process, which is energy and
capital intensive and relies on H 2 from steam reforming, hence, contributing to greenhouse …

Recent progress in research and design concepts for the characterization, testing, and photocatalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction

B Sun, S Lu, Y Qian, X Zhang, J Tian - Carbon Energy, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The reduction of molecular nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) under mild conditions is one of
the most promising studies in the energy field due to the important role of NH3 in modern …

Challenges and prospects in the catalysis of electroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia

BHR Suryanto, HL Du, D Wang, J Chen, AN Simonov… - Nature Catalysis, 2019‏ - nature.com
Ammonia is a widely produced chemical that is the basis of most fertilisers. However, it is
currently derived from fossil fuels and there is an urgent need to develop sustainable …