Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Catalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia

SL Foster, SIP Bakovic, RD Duda, S Maheshwari… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
The production of synthetic ammonia remains dependent on the energy-and capital-
intensive Haber–Bosch process. Extensive research in molecular catalysis has …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Achieving a Record‐High Yield Rate of 120.9 for N2 Electrochemical Reduction over Ru Single‐Atom Catalysts

Z Geng, Y Liu, X Kong, P Li, K Li, Z Liu, J Du… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical reduction of N2 into NH3 production under ambient conditions
represents an attractive prospect for the fixation of N2. However, this process suffers from …

Catalytic N2-to-NH3 (or -N2H4) Conversion by Well-Defined Molecular Coordination Complexes

MJ Chalkley, MW Drover, JC Peters - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen fixation, the six-electron/six-proton reduction of N2, to give NH3, is one of the most
challenging and important chemical transformations. Notwithstanding the barriers …

Single Mo atom supported on defective boron nitride monolayer as an efficient electrocatalyst for nitrogen fixation: a computational study

J Zhao, Z Chen - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 - ACS Publications
The production of ammonia (NH3) from molecular dinitrogen (N2) under mild conditions is
one of the most attractive and challenging processes in chemistry. Here by means of density …

Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts

O Westhead, J Barrio, A Bagger, JW Murray… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Mo/Fe nitrogenase enzyme is unique in its ability to efficiently reduce
dinitrogen to ammonia at atmospheric pressures and room temperature. Should an artificial …

Production of ammonia as potential hydrogen carrier: Review on thermochemical and electrochemical processes

FB Juangsa, AR Irhamna, M Aziz - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) is a secondary energy source (energy carrier) which has advantages of high
cleanliness and efficiency, leading to its potential utilization in the future energy system …

Activation of dinitrogen by polynuclear metal complexes

D Singh, WR Buratto, JF Torres, LJ Murray - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Activation of dinitrogen plays an important role in daily anthropogenic life, and the processes
by which this fixation occurs have been a longstanding and significant research focus within …

The spectroscopy of nitrogenases

C Van Stappen, L Decamps, GE Cutsail III… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenases are responsible for biological nitrogen fixation, a crucial step in the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. These enzymes utilize a two-component protein system and …