Recent advances in electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

L Ouyang, J Liang, Y Luo, D Zheng, S Sun, Q Liu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial electrocatalytic ammonia (NH 3) synthesis is recently becoming a research hotspot.
It can couple with clean renewable electricity, which is considered an energy-efficient and …

Green hydrogen-based E-fuels (E-methane, E-methanol, E-ammonia) to support clean energy transition: A literature review

A Nemmour, A Inayat, I Janajreh, C Ghenai - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable power-to-fuel (PtF) is a key technology for the transition towards fossil-free
energy systems. The production of carbon neutral synthetic fuels is primarily driven by the …

Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

B Gu, X Zhang, SK Lam, Y Yu, HJM Van Grinsven… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cropland is a main source of global nitrogen pollution,. Mitigating nitrogen pollution from
global croplands is a grand challenge because of the nature of non-point-source pollution …

From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution

LF Schulte-Uebbing, AHW Beusen, AF Bouwman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Excessive agricultural nitrogen use causes environmental problems globally, to an extent
that it has been suggested that a safe planetary boundary has been exceeded. Earlier …

Globally nitrogen addition alters soil microbial community structure, but has minor effects on soil microbial diversity and richness

X Wang, J Feng, G Ao, W Qin, M Han, Y Shen… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally increasing nitrogen (N) deposition is recognized as an important regulator of soil
microbial communities. However, how N enrichment affects soil microbial diversity, richness …

Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production

X Zhang, T Zou, L Lassaletta, ND Mueller, FN Tubiello… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Input–output estimates of nitrogen on cropland are essential for improving nitrogen
management and better understanding the global nitrogen cycle. Here, we compare 13 …

Proton-coupled electron transfer: the engine of energy conversion and storage

DG Nocera - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) underpins energy conversion in chemistry and
biology. Four energy systems are described whose discoveries are based on PCET: the …

Global nitrogen cycle: critical enzymes, organisms, and processes for nitrogen budgets and dynamics

X Zhang, BB Ward, DM Sigman - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen (N) is used in many of life's fundamental biomolecules, and it is also a participant in
environmental redox chemistry. Biogeochemical processes control the amount and form of N …

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

W Willett, J Rockström, B Loken, M Springmann… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Reduction of substrates by nitrogenases

LC Seefeldt, ZY Yang, DA Lukoyanov, DF Harris… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase is the enzyme that catalyzes biological N2 reduction to NH3. This enzyme
achieves an impressive rate enhancement over the uncatalyzed reaction. Given the high …