Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate–a step towards a sustainable nitrogen cycle

H Xu, Y Ma, J Chen, W Zhang, J Yang - Chemical society reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate enrichment, which is mainly caused by the over-utilization of fertilisers and industrial
sewage discharge, is a major global engineering challenge because of its negative …

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 …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst

ZY Wu, M Karamad, X Yong, Q Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate, a widespread water pollutant, back to valuable
ammonia is a green and delocalized route for ammonia synthesis, and can be an appealing …

Flower-like open-structured polycrystalline copper with synergistic multi-crystal plane for efficient electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Y Zhao, Y Liu, Z Zhang, Z Mo, C Wang, S Gao - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia is a promising way to regulate the global
nitrogen cycle, and is also an important complementary means of ammonia synthesis …

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Low-Cost Ultrathin CoOx Nanosheets

J Wang, C Cai, Y Wang, X Yang, D Wu, Y Zhu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NITRR) is an appealing method for ammonia
synthesis, owing to the ambient conditions as well as its abundant sources, low dissociation …

Restoring the nitrogen cycle by electrochemical reduction of nitrate: progress and prospects

Y Zeng, C Priest, G Wang, G Wu - Small Methods, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing amount of anthropogenic nitrogen has resulted in alarming levels of nitrate in
bodies of water and caused a cascade of damage to the environment and human health …

Electrocatalytic nitrate/nitrite reduction to ammonia synthesis using metal nanocatalysts and bio-inspired metalloenzymes

J Wang, T Feng, J Chen, V Ramalingam, Z Li… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is attracted as a potential carbon free energy carrier and as important
feedstock for most of the fertilizers, chemicals, pharmaceutical related products. NH 3 is …

Emerging electrochemical processes to decarbonize the chemical industry

R Xia, S Overa, F Jiao - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrification is a potential approach to decarbonizing the chemical industry.
Electrochemical processes, when they are powered by renewable electricity, have lower …

Achievements, challenges, and perspectives on nitrogen electrochemistry for carbon‐neutral energy technologies

X Yang, S Mukherjee, T O'Carroll, Y Hou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unrestrained anthropogenic activities have severely disrupted the global natural nitrogen
cycle, causing numerous energy and environmental issues. Electrocatalytic nitrogen …

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate: Fundamentals to full-scale water treatment applications

S Garcia-Segura, M Lanzarini-Lopes… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrate contamination in surface and ground waters is one of this century's major
engineering challenges due to negative environmental impacts and the risk to human health …