Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

X Peng, L Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Y Li, Z Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical C–N coupling reactions based on abundant small molecules (such as CO2
and N2) have attracted increasing attention as a new “green synthetic strategy” for the …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst

ZY Wu, M Karamad, X Yong, Q Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate, a widespread water pollutant, back to valuable
ammonia is a green and delocalized route for ammonia synthesis, and can be an appealing …

Direct synthesis of ammonia from nitrate on amorphous graphene with near 100% efficiency

L Huang, L Cheng, T Ma, JJ Zhang, H Wu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is an indispensable commodity in the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries.
Direct nitrate‐to‐ammonia electroreduction is a decentralized route yet challenged by …

Recent progress and prospects in catalytic water treatment

VI Parvulescu, F Epron, H Garcia, P Granger - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

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 …

Mechanism of CN bonds formation in electrocatalytic urea production revealed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulation

X Liu, Y Jiao, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec, SZ Qiao - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Electrosynthesis of urea from CO2 and NOX provides an exceptional opportunity for human
society, given the increasingly available renewable energy. Urea electrosynthesis is …

Recent advances in non-noble metal electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction

X Zhang, Y Wang, C Liu, Y Yu, S Lu, B Zhang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution has become a serious global problem, threatening human health and
ecosystems. The electrochemical reduction has emerged as an energy-efficient and …

V-doped TiO2 nanobelt array for high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrite reduction to ammonia

H Wang, F Zhang, M **, D Zhao, X Fan, Z Li… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Electrocatalytic nitrite (NO 2−) reduction to ammonia (NH 3) has been an attractive
topic, which not only removes NO 2− pollutants existing in surface water and underground …

Homonuclear dual-atom catalysts embedded on N-doped graphene for highly efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia: from theoretical prediction to experimental …

T Zhao, K Chen, X Xu, X Li, X Zhao, Q Cai… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate (NO 3−) to ammonia (NRA) is emerging as an attractive
strategy to attain valuable NH 3 synthesis and harmful NO 3− removal, but develo** …