Recent Advances and Challenges of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia

G Qing, R Ghazfar, ST Jackowski, F Habibzadeh… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Global ammonia production reached 175 million metric tons in 2016, 90% of which is
produced from high purity N2 and H2 gases at high temperatures and pressures via the …

Recent advances in ammonia synthesis technologies: Toward future zero carbon emissions

M El-Shafie, S Kambara - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As a carbon-free molecule, ammonia has gained great global interest in being considered a
significant future candidate for the transition toward renewable energy. Numerous …

Spin-mediated promotion of Co catalysts for ammonia synthesis

K Zhang, A Cao, LH Wandall, J Vernieres, J Kibsgaard… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in develo** catalysts to
enable Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis under milder conditions than currently pertain …

A single-site iron catalyst with preoccupied active centers that achieves selective ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

P Li, Z **, Z Fang, G Yu - Energy & environmental science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The necessity to pursue sustainable ammonia (NH3) production with economic and
environment-friendly technologies is growing with the global development aim of future …

Challenges and opportunities of Ru-based catalysts toward the synthesis and utilization of ammonia

H Fang, D Liu, Y Luo, Y Zhou, S Liang, X Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is an important chemical for synthesized fertilizers traditionally and for a potential
energy vector increasingly. Industrial ammonia synthesis through the Haber–Bosch process …

Development and recent progress on ammonia synthesis catalysts for Haber–Bosch process

J Humphreys, R Lan, S Tao - Advanced Energy and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to its essential use as a fertilizer, ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen is
considered to be one of the most important chemical processes of the last 100 years. Since …

Vacancy-enabled N2 activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni-loaded catalyst

TN Ye, SW Park, Y Lu, J Li, M Sasase, M Kitano… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Ammonia (NH3) is pivotal to the fertilizer industry and one of the most commonly produced
chemicals. The direct use of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) had been challenging, owing to its …

Methods for nitrogen activation by reduction and oxidation

H Iriawan, SZ Andersen, X Zhang, BM Comer… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The industrial Haber–Bosch process to produce ammonia (NH3) from dinitrogen
(N2) is crucial for modern society. However, N2 activation is inherently challenging and the …

Advances in materials and applications of inorganic electrides

H Hosono, M Kitano - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Greening ammonia toward the solar ammonia refinery

L Wang, M **a, H Wang, K Huang, C Qian… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
In light of the targets set out by the Paris Climate Agreement and the global energy sector's
ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewables, the chemical industry is searching for …