Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate–a step towards a sustainable nitrogen cycle

H Xu, Y Ma, J Chen, W Zhang, J Yang - Chemical society reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate enrichment, which is mainly caused by the over-utilization of fertilisers and industrial
sewage discharge, is a major global engineering challenge because of its negative …

Restoring the nitrogen cycle by electrochemical reduction of nitrate: progress and prospects

Y Zeng, C Priest, G Wang, G Wu - Small Methods, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing amount of anthropogenic nitrogen has resulted in alarming levels of nitrate in
bodies of water and caused a cascade of damage to the environment and human health …

Structure sensitivity of Pd facets for enhanced electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

J Lim, CY Liu, J Park, YH Liu, TP Senftle, SW Lee… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The design of electrocatalysts capable of selectively reducing nitrate to ammonia is gaining
interest as a means of transforming waste into fertilizers. However, most prior investigations …

Regulating surface oxygen species on copper (I) oxides via plasma treatment for effective reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Z Gong, W Zhong, Z He, Q Liu, H Chen, D Zhou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical nitrate reduction (NO 3-RR) to synthesize ammonia is considered to be a
promising strategy to enable artificial nitrogen cycle. Great efforts have been devoted to …

Ultralow-content Pd in-situ incorporation mediated hierarchical defects in corner-etched Cu2O octahedra for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

Y Xu, K Ren, T Ren, M Wang, Z Wang, X Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate (NO 3-) to ammonia (NH 3) offers a sustainable avenue
to close the NO 3-cycle for NH 3 synthesis. Critical to the feasibility of electrochemical NO 3 …

Pulsed laser in liquids made nanomaterials for catalysis

RC Forsythe, CP Cox, MK Wilsey, AM Muller - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalysis is essential to modern life and has a huge economic impact. The development of
new catalysts critically depends on synthetic methods that enable the preparation of tailored …

Activity and selectivity trends in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on transition metals

JX Liu, D Richards, N Singh, BR Goldsmith - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic reduction is a promising approach to remediate nitrate (NO3–), one of the
world's most widespread water pollutants. In the present work, we elucidate activity and …

Recent discoveries in the reaction mechanism of heterogeneous electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

Z Wang, D Richards, N Singh - Catalysis science & technology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of maintaining a balanced nitrogen cycle and rectifying the accumulation of
nitrate in water streams creates a need for technologies that can convert nitrate species …

Non-precious Co3O4-TiO2/Ti cathode based electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: Preparation, performance and mechanism

J Gao, B Jiang, C Ni, Y Qi, Y Zhang, N Oturan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of high nitrate (NO 3−) concentration in natural water constitutes a serious
issue to the environment and human health. Therefore, the development of low-cost, stable …

Atomic defects in pothole-rich two-dimensional copper nanoplates triggering enhanced electrocatalytic selective nitrate-to-ammonia transformation

Y Xu, M Wang, K Ren, T Ren, M Liu, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient catalysts for electrocatalytic selective conversion of nitrate
pollutants into valuable ammonia is a project of far-reaching importance. This work …