Towards sustainable metal-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis

S Li, X Fu, JK Nørskov, I Chorkendorff - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Ammonia is a key component of fertilizers, a crucial industrial chemical and a carbon-free
fuel. Electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrogen under ambient conditions presents an …

Recent advances in electrochemical synthesis of urea via CN coupling

C Wang, W Gao, W Hu, W Wen, S Wang… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urea is widely used as fertilizer and is a key substance supporting global food production.
However, the traditional industrial synthesis of urea faces the challenges with high energy …

Exploring Structural Evolution Behaviors of Ligand‐Defect‐Rich Ferrocene‐Based Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution via Operando X …

F Sun, Z Li, H Xu, Y Fu, H Li, Y Yao… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) have exhibited encouraging catalytic activity for the
oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a crucial process for water electrolysis to produce green …

Reduction of dinitrogen to ammonium through a magnesium-based electrochemical process at close-to-ambient temperature

M Krebsz, RY Hodgetts, S Johnston… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The Li-mediated nitrogen reduction enables practical synthesis of ammonia, but its energy
efficiency is limited by the Li0/+ redox potential. To improve on this, a mediator with a more …

Effect of lithium salt on lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis

X Fu, S Li, NH Deissler, JBV Mygind… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recently, the lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction reaction (Li-NRR) has emerged as a
promising approach for electrochemical ammonia synthesis, facilitating more localized …

In situ characterization techniques for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

J Wu, S Wang, R Ji, D Kai, J Kong, S Liu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to produce ammonia is pivotal in modern society
due to its environmental friendliness and the substantial influence that ammonia has on …

Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of Nitric Oxide to High Value‐Added Chemicals

D Wang, XF Lu, D Luan, XW Lou - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The artificial disturbance in the nitrogen cycle has necessitated an urgent need for nitric
oxide (NO) removal. Electrochemical technologies for NO conversion have gained …

V2O3/VN electrocatalysts with coherent heterogeneous interfaces for selecting low‐energy nitrogen reduction pathways

TY An, C **a, M Je, H Lee, S Ji, MC Kim, S Surendran… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a sustainable alternative to the Haber‒
Bosch process for ammonia (NH3) production. However, the significant uphill energy in the …

Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction: The Energetic Distance to Lithium

A Bagger, R Tort, MM Titirici, A Walsh… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Energy-efficient electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia could help in mitigating
climate change. Today, only Li-and recently Ca-mediated systems can perform the reaction …

Progress in single/multi atoms and 2D‐nanomaterials for electro/photocatalytic nitrogen reduction: experimental, computational and machine leaning developments

AN Singh, R Anand, M Zafari, M Ha… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonia (NH3), known as nitrogen
fixation, plays a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth, facing innovation with electrocatalytic …