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 …

Advances in ammonia electrosynthesis from ambient nitrate/nitrite reduction

J Liang, Z Li, L Zhang, X He, Y Luo, D Zheng, Y Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Designing genuine electrocatalysts that selectively reduce nitrate/nitrite (NO x−) is becoming
ever more vital to produce ammonia (NH 3) sustainably, safeguard the environment, and …

Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

W He, J Zhang, S Dieckhöfer, S Varhade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic recycling of waste nitrate (NO3−) to valuable ammonia (NH3) at ambient
conditions is a green and appealing alternative to the Haber− Bosch process. However, the …

Ambient Ammonia Synthesis via Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate Enabled by NiCo2O4 Nanowire Array

Q Liu, L **e, J Liang, Y Ren, Y Wang, L Zhang, L Yue… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
NiCo2O4 nanowire array on carbon cloth (NiCo2O4/CC) is proposed as a highly active
electrocatalyst for ambient nitrate (NO3−) reduction to ammonia (NH3). In 0.1 m NaOH …

Theoretical insights into the mechanism of selective nitrate‐to‐ammonia electroreduction on single‐atom catalysts

H Niu, Z Zhang, X Wang, X Wan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Selective nitrate‐to‐ammonia electrochemical conversion is an efficient pathway to solve the
pollution of nitrate and an attractive strategy for low‐temperature ammonia synthesis …

Efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate on strained ruthenium nanoclusters

J Li, G Zhan, J Yang, F Quan, C Mao, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The limitations of the Haber–Bosch reaction, particularly high-temperature operation, have
ignited new interests in low-temperature ammonia-synthesis scenarios. Ambient N2 …

Regulating surface oxygen species on copper (I) oxides via plasma treatment for effective reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Z Gong, W Zhong, Z He, Q Liu, H Chen, D Zhou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical nitrate reduction (NO 3-RR) to synthesize ammonia is considered to be a
promising strategy to enable artificial nitrogen cycle. Great efforts have been devoted to …

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 nitrate/nitrite reduction to ammonia synthesis using metal nanocatalysts and bio-inspired metalloenzymes

J Wang, T Feng, J Chen, V Ramalingam, Z Li… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is attracted as a potential carbon free energy carrier and as important
feedstock for most of the fertilizers, chemicals, pharmaceutical related products. NH 3 is …