Strategies to activate inert nitrogen molecules for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis: current status, challenges, and perspectives

Y Ren, C Yu, X Tan, Q Wei, Z Wang, L Ni… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (NRR) offers an alternative to the traditional Haber–
Bosch (H–B) process for the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) and has received a surge of …

Enzymatic carbon dioxide to formate: mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

H Chen, Y Huang, C Sha, JM Moradian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2) gas into soluble formate is one of the most promising
carbon neutralization strategies since it facilitates simultaneous fixation of carbon dioxide …

Progress of experimental and computational catalyst design for electrochemical nitrogen fixation

Z Chen, C Liu, L Sun, T Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Large-scale ammonia synthesis via the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR)
under mild reaction conditions represents a green prospect for agriculture, industry, and …

Nitrogen reduction by the Fe sites of synthetic [Mo3S4Fe] cubes

Y Ohki, K Munakata, Y Matsuoka, R Hara, M Kachi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen (N2) fixation by nature, which is a crucial process for the supply of bio-available
forms of nitrogen, is performed by nitrogenase. This enzyme uses a unique transition-metal …

On the Nature of Three-Atom Metal Cluster Catalysis for N2 Reduction to Ammonia

C Cui, H Zhang, R Cheng, B Huang, Z Luo - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Catalytic N2 activation and reduction for ammonia synthesis has been subject of intense
research interest. Cluster-modified catalysts have been proposed as promising candidates …

Hydrophobicity tailoring of ferric covalent organic framework/MXene nanosheets for high‐efficiency nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia

H He, HM Wen, HK Li, P Li, J Wang, Y Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) represents a promising sustainable
approach for NH3 synthesis. However, the poor NRR performance of electrocatalysts is a …

Thiomolybdate clusters: from homogeneous catalysis to heterogenization and active sites

S Batool, M Langer, SN Myakala, M Heiland… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thiomolybdates are molecular molybdenum‐sulfide clusters formed from Mo centers and
sulfur‐based ligands. For decades, they have attracted the interest of synthetic chemists due …

Synthetic access to a framework-stabilized and fully sulfided analogue of an Anderson polyoxometalate that is catalytically competent for reduction reactions

J Duan, H Shabbir, Z Chen, W Bi, Q Liu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polyoxometalates (POMs) featuring 7, 12, 18, or more redox-accessible transition metal ions
are ubiquitous as selective catalysts, especially for oxidation reactions. The corresponding …

An Iron–Sulfur Cluster with a Highly Pyramidalized Three-Coordinate Iron Center and a Negligible Affinity for Dinitrogen

AC Brown, DLM Suess - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Attempts to generate open coordination sites for N2 binding at synthetic Fe–S clusters often
instead result in cluster oligomerization. Recently, it was shown for Mo–Fe–S clusters that …

Evidence for low-valent electronic configurations in iron–sulfur clusters

AC Brown, NB Thompson… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although biological iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters perform some of the most difficult redox
reactions in nature, they are thought to be composed exclusively of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions, as …