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 …

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 …

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 …

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate: Fundamentals to full-scale water treatment applications

S Garcia-Segura, M Lanzarini-Lopes… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrate contamination in surface and ground waters is one of this century's major
engineering challenges due to negative environmental impacts and the risk to human health …

Generation and detection of reactive oxygen species in photocatalysis

Y Nosaka, AY Nosaka - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The detection methods and generation mechanisms of the intrinsic reactive oxygen species
(ROS), ie, superoxide anion radical (• O2–), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), singlet oxygen …

In Situ Loading of Cu2O Active Sites on Island-like Copper for Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia

C Wang, F Ye, J Shen, KH Xue, Y Zhu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) offers a new pathway for low-
temperature green ammonia synthesis. It is widely known that copper and its copper oxide …

Recent advances and challenges of electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, J Zhang, Y Kang - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Ammonia is essential for human activities because approximately 50% of global food
production relies on ammonia-derived fertilizers. Great efforts have been devoted to develop …

Challenges in photocatalytic reduction of nitrate as a water treatment technology

HON Tugaoen, S Garcia-Segura, K Hristovski… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Management of ubiquitous nitrate contamination in drinking water sources is a major
engineering challenge due to its negative impacts from eutrophication to immediate risk to …

Reaction mechanism and selectivity regulation of photocatalytic nitrate reduction for wastewater purification: progress and challenges

W Yang, J Wang, R Chen, L **ao, S Shen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The excess emission of nitrate into wastewater is inevitable by the abundant use of fertilizers
and other chemicals, which poses a huge threat to the environment and human health …

Progress and prospects of electrochemical reduction of nitrate to restore the nitrogen cycle

Y Wu, KK Lu, LH Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate pollution has become a serious global problem due to the development of the
nitrogen fertilizer industry, which poses a threat to the ecosystem and human health …