The progress and outlook of metal single-atom-site catalysis

X Liang, N Fu, S Yao, Z Li, Y Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom-site catalysts (SASCs) featuring maximized atom utilization and isolated active
sites have progressed tremendously in recent years as a highly prosperous branch of …

Combustion, chemistry, and carbon neutrality

K Kohse-Höinghaus - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combustion is a reactive oxidation process that releases energy bound in chemical
compounds used as fuels─ energy that is needed for power generation, transportation …

Continuous-flow electrosynthesis of ammonia by nitrogen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

X Fu, JB Pedersen, Y Zhou, M Saccoccio, S Li… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ammonia is a critical component in fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals and is an
ideal, carbon-free fuel. Recently, lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction has proven to be a …

Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

S Zhang, J Wu, M Zheng, X Jin, Z Shen, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of nitrate to ammonia offers an efficient approach to reducing
nitrate pollutants and a potential technology for low-temperature and low-pressure ammonia …

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 …

Oxygen vacancy-mediated selective C–N coupling toward electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, X Wen, Y Liu, C Chen, C Xie… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic C–N coupling for one-step urea synthesis under ambient conditions
serves as the promising alternative to the traditional urea synthetic protocol. However, the …

Engineering the electronic structure of single‐atom iron sites with boosted oxygen bifunctional activity for zinc–air batteries

Z Li, S Ji, C Xu, L Leng, H Liu, JH Horton… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries typically require efficient, durable, and inexpensive
bifunctional electrocatalysts to support oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) …

Porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks anchoring Au single atoms for photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

T He, Z Zhao, R Liu, X Liu, B Ni, Y Wei… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of efficient photocatalysts for N2 fixation to produce NH3 under ambient
conditions remains a great challenge. Since covalent organic frameworks (COFs) possess …

Structurally Disordered RuO2 Nanosheets with Rich Oxygen Vacancies for Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

Y Wang, H Li, W Zhou, X Zhang, B Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate pollutants to ammonia has emerged as an attractive
alternative for ammonia synthesis. Currently, many strategies have been developed for …

Recent progress and strategies on the design of catalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitrate reduction

W Song, L Yue, X Fan, Y Luo, B Ying, S Sun… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia (NH3) is an essential raw material in the production of fertilizers and a promising
carbon-free energy carrier, however, its synthesis still depends on the energy-and capital …