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 …

Recent developments in heterogeneous electrocatalysts for ambient nitrogen reduction to ammonia: Activity, challenges, and future perspectives

MA Mushtaq, M Arif, G Yasin, M Tabish, A Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) plays a significant role in fertilizer production to support the ever-increasing
population and serves as a renewable energy carrier as well as a zero-carbon emission …

Self-Tandem Electrocatalytic NO Reduction to NH3 on a W Single-Atom Catalyst

K Chen, J Wang, H Zhang, D Ma, K Chu - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We design single-atom W confined in MoO3–x amorphous nanosheets (W1/MoO3–x)
comprising W1–O5 motifs as a highly active and durable NORR catalyst. Theoretical and …

Sulfur-deficient Bi2S3−x synergistically coupling Ti3C2Tx-MXene for boosting electrocatalytic N2 reduction

Y Luo, P Shen, X Li, Y Guo, K Chu - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is an appealing route for the sustainable
NH3 synthesis, while develo** efficient and durable NRR catalysts remains at the heart of …

Recent progress of vacancy engineering for electrochemical energy conversion related applications

Z Wu, Y Zhao, W **, B Jia, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient electrocatalysts are key requirements for the development of ecofriendly
electrochemical energy‐related technologies and devices. It is widely recognized that the …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Amorphization engineered VSe 2− x nanosheets with abundant Se-vacancies for enhanced N 2 electroreduction

Y Luo, Q Li, Y Tian, Y Liu, K Chu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical N2 fixation through the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a promising
route for sustainable NH3 synthesis, while exploring high-performance NRR catalysts lies at …

Selenium-vacancy-rich WSe2 for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

P Shen, G Wang, K Chen, J Kang, D Ma… - Journal of colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO 3 RR) is an attractive route for renewable
NH 3 electrosynthesis. Herein, we demonstrated Se-vacancy-rich WSe 2 (WSe 2-x) …