Recent advances in electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

L Ouyang, J Liang, Y Luo, D Zheng, S Sun, Q Liu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial electrocatalytic ammonia (NH 3) synthesis is recently becoming a research hotspot.
It can couple with clean renewable electricity, which is considered an energy-efficient and …

High valence metals engineering strategies of Fe/Co/Ni-based catalysts for boosted OER electrocatalysis

L Li, X Cao, J Huo, J Qu, W Chen, C Liu, Y Zhao… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reactions (OER) has attracted much attention due
to its important role in water splitting and rechargeable metal-air batteries. Therefore …

Recent progress in electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NRR)

Z Huang, M Rafiq, AR Woldu, QX Tong, D Astruc… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an essential raw ingredient for fertilizers, a carbon-free hydrogen carrier, and an
alternative fuel. The natural process of producing ammonia cannot meet the rapidly growing …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: mechanistic understanding and catalyst design

H Shen, C Choi, J Masa, X Li, J Qiu, Y Jung, Z Sun - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
NH 3 production is dependent on the century-old Haber-Bosch process, which is energy and
capital intensive and relies on H 2 from steam reforming, hence, contributing to greenhouse …

New mechanistic insights into electrokinetic competition between nitrogen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions

L Jiang, X Bai, X Zhi, Y Jiao - Advanced Energy Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving both high activity and selectivity presents a significant challenge for
electrochemical N2 reduction (eNRR) due to the competing hydrogen evolution 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 …

Effects of surfactants on the size distribution and electrocatalytic nitrite reduction of uniformly dispersed Au nanoparticles

W Zhang, T Wang, X **ng, H Yin, J Li… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic nitrite reduction reaction (NO2–RR) occurs under mild conditions at
ambient temperature and pressure and can convert nitrite pollution into recycled ammonia …

Atomic‐Scale Homogeneous Ru Cu Alloy Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction

C Kim, JY Song, C Choi, JP Ha, W Lee… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ruthenium (Ru) is the most widely used metal as an electrocatalyst for nitrogen (N2)
reduction reaction (NRR) because of the relatively high N2 adsorption strength for …

Materials Screening by the Descriptor Gmax(η): The Free-Energy Span Model in Electrocatalysis

S Razzaq, KS Exner - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
To move from fossil-based energy resources to a society based on renewables, electrode
materials free of precious noble metals are required to efficiently catalyze electrochemical …

Understanding potential-dependent competition between electrocatalytic dinitrogen and proton reduction reactions

C Choi, GH Gu, J Noh, HS Park, Y Jung - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
A key challenge to realizing practical electrochemical N2 reduction reaction (NRR) is the
decrease in the NRR activity before reaching the mass-transfer limit as overpotential …