Solar-driven electrochemical synthesis of ammonia using nitrate with 11% solar-to-fuel efficiency at ambient conditions

NC Kani, JA Gauthier, A Prajapati… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is an essential commodity chemical used in the manufacture of fertilizers,
pharmaceuticals, ammunition, and plastics, and is a promising alternative fuel source and …

Escapement mechanisms and the conversion of disequilibria; the engines of creation

E Branscomb, T Biancalani, N Goldenfeld, M Russell - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Virtually every interesting natural phenomenon, not least life itself, entails physical systems
being forced to flow thermodynamically up-hill, away from equilibrium rather than towards it …

The drive to life on wet and icy worlds

MJ Russell, LM Barge, R Bhartia, D Bocanegra… - Astrobiology, 2014 - liebertpub.com
This paper presents a reformulation of the submarine alkaline hydrothermal theory for the
emergence of life in response to recent experimental findings. The theory views life, like …

Degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in water by persulfate activated with FeS (mackinawite)

H Chen, Z Zhang, M Feng, W Liu, W Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, mackinawite (FeS) was prepared and used as the heterogeneous catalyst to
activate persulfate (PS) for 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) degradation, and impact …

Abiotic transformations of nitrogen mediated by iron sulfides and related species from early Earth to catalyst design

CF Garibello, DS Eldridge, F Malherbe… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen fixation and the cycles of nitrogen on Earth are key to life as we know it and are
critical to both modern agriculture and sustaining natural ecosystems. Despite its …

Nitrogen oxides in early Earth's atmosphere as electron acceptors for life's emergence

ML Wong, BD Charnay, P Gao, YL Yung, MJ Russell - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
We quantify the amount of nitrogen oxides (NOx) produced through lightning and
photochemical processes in the Hadean atmosphere to be available in the Hadean ocean …

Novel NiCo2S4/CS membranes as efficient catalysts for activating persulfate and its high activity for degradation of nimesulide

Z Wang, L Nengzi, X Zhang, Z Zhao, X Cheng - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, sulfate radicals-based advanced oxidation process becomes an effective
and common technique for elimination of emerging organic contaminants. In this study …

Nitrate removal in iron sulfide-driven autotrophic denitrification biofilter: Biochemical and chemical transformation pathways and its underlying microbial mechanism

Y Bai, H Hu, PH Lee, A Zhussupbekova… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Iron sulfides-based autotrophic denitrification (IAD) is effective for treating nitrate-
contaminated wastewater. However, the complex nitrate transformation pathways coupled …

Mineral-catalysed formation of marine NO and N2O on the anoxic early Earth

S Buessecker, H Imanaka, T Ely, R Hu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial denitrification converts fixed nitrogen species into gases in extant oceans.
However, it is unclear how such transformations occurred within the early nitrogen cycle of …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient removal of organic pollutant by activation of persulfate with magnetic Co3O4/CoFe2O4 composite

H Zhang, L Nengzi, Y Liu, Y Gao, X Cheng - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, magnetic spinel Co 3 O 4/CoFe 2 O 4 composite were synthesized by the
mechanical mixing of both powdered pristine samples. Then the catalyst was characterized …