Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

Layer structured materials for ambient nitrogen fixation

Y Fu, Y Liao, P Li, H Li, S Jiang, H Huang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, the research of nitrogen fixation at ambient conditions has attracted wide attention
due to its potential of relatively low energy consumption and environmental friendliness. The …

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia on low-cost manganese-incorporated Co3O4 nanotubes

D Liu, L Qiao, Y Chen, P Zhou, J Feng… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinel oxides, especially Co 3 O 4, have been considered as ideal electrocatalysts for
electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (e-NO 3 RR). However, their application in e-NO 3 …

First principles and machine learning based superior catalytic activities and selectivities for N 2 reduction in MBenes, defective 2D materials and 2D π-conjugated …

M Zafari, AS Nissimagoudar, M Umer, G Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of ammonia through an electrochemical process suffers from two challenging
issues, namely low catalytic activity and low Faraday efficiency. Here, we boost the N2 …

MOFs-derived plum-blossom-like junction In/In2O3@ C as an efficient nitrogen fixation photocatalyst: Insight into the active site of the In3+ around oxygen vacancy

M Tan, X Li, S Su, L Meng, S Yuan, Y Wang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen activation with low-cost, visible-light-driven photocatalysts continues to be a major
challenge. Since the discovery of biological nitrogen fixation, multi-component systems have …

Vertically oriented Ni-doped MoS2 nanosheets supported on hollow carbon microtubes for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction and water splitting

Y Xue, X Bai, Y Xu, Q Yan, M Zhu, K Zhu, K Ye… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts is extremely
important for large-scale hydrogen production from water splitting. In this work, ultra-small …

[HTML][HTML] Phthalocyanine-supported single-atom catalysts as a promising bifunctional electrocatalyst for ORR/OER: A computational study

X Li, Z Wang, Z Su, Z Zhao, Q Cai, J Zhao - ChemPhysMater, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing excellent performance catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is fundamental for the commercialization of energy …

The journey of iron-based electrocatalytic materials for nitrogen reduction reaction: from current status to future prospects

YH Wang, JH Dong, Z Tan, XF Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia (NH3) is the most important chemical and carbon-free energy carrier, which is
currently mainly produced by the energy-intensive Haber–Bosch process at high …

Rational design of cocatalyst for highly improved ammonia production from photoelectrochemical nitrate reduction

D Liu, S Peng, L Qiao, H Bai, K An, C Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (p-NO 3 RR) has been one of the most
promising ways for ambient ammonia synthesis. However, current trials haven't realized …

MXenes: Novel electrocatalysts for hydrogen production and nitrogen reduction

CC Leong, Y Qu, Y Kawazoe, SK Ho, H Pan - Catalysis Today, 2021 - Elsevier
MXenes as a new family of two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing
attention recently because of their outstanding physical and chemical properties and …