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 …

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 …

Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation Boosts Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia over Single-Atom Cu with Cu(I)-N3C1 Sites

Y Xue, Q Yu, Q Ma, Y Chen, C Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The conversion of nitrate to ammonia can serve two important functions: mitigating nitrate
pollution and offering a low energy intensity pathway for ammonia synthesis. Conventional …

Single‐atom Cu catalysts for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction with significant alleviation of nitrite production

T Zhu, Q Chen, P Liao, W Duan, S Liang, Z Yan… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic Cu is a well‐known electrocatalyst for nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR), but it
suffers from relatively low activity, poor stability, and inducing nitrite accumulation during the …

Self-activated Ni cathode for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia: from fundamentals to scale-up for treatment of industrial wastewater

W Zheng, L Zhu, Z Yan, Z Lin, Z Lei… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic reduction has recently received increasing attention as a method of
converting waste nitrate into value-added ammonia, but most studies have focused on …

Iron‐based nanocatalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction

C Wang, Y Zhang, H Luo, H Zhang, W Li… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrate has a high level of stability and persistence in water, endangering human health and
aquatic ecosystems. Due to its high reliability and efficiency, the electrochemical nitrate …

Highly selective electrochemical nitrate reduction using copper phosphide self-supported copper foam electrode: Performance, mechanism, and application

F Yao, M Jia, Q Yang, F Chen, Y Zhong, S Chen, L He… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
A highly active and selective electrode is essential in electrochemical denitrification.
Although the emerging Cu-based electrode has attracted intensive attentions in …

Achieving high selectivity for nitrate electrochemical reduction to ammonia over MOF-supported Ru x O y clusters

J Qin, K Wu, L Chen, X Wang, Q Zhao, B Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate (NO3−) electroreduction to ammonia (NH4+) is a sustainable alternative strategy for
NH4+ synthesis, and it can be used to solve the water pollution problem by simultaneously …

Synergism of Interfaces and Defects: Cu/Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Cu-Mn3O4 Heterostructured Ultrathin Nanosheet Arrays for Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to …

H Wang, Q Mao, T Ren, T Zhou, K Deng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Achieving high efficiency in nitrate (NO3–) to ammonia (NH3) electrocatalysis requires the
exploration of advanced electrocatalysts with a well-designed composition and architecture …

Efficient and selective electrochemical reduction of nitrate to N2 by relay catalytic effects of Fe-Ni bimetallic sites on MOF-derived structure

J Sun, W Gao, H Fei, G Zhao - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Selective electrocatalytic conversion of NO 3–to N 2 is an environmental-friendly strategy to
close the anthropogenic nitrogen-based cycle. This work reported a metal-organic …