Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Single-boron catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction

C Liu, Q Li, C Wu, J Zhang, Y Jin… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Boron has been explored as p-block catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) by
density functional theory. Unlike transition metals, on which the active centers need empty d …

Knowledge‐Driven Design and Lab‐Based Evaluation of B‐doped TiO2 Photocatalysts for Ammonia Synthesis

C Liu, D Hao, J Ye, S Ye, F Zhou, H Xie… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The room‐temperature nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is of paramount significance for
both the fertilizer industry and fundamental catalysis science. To produce ammonia from …

Single Mo atom supported on defective boron nitride monolayer as an efficient electrocatalyst for nitrogen fixation: a computational study

J Zhao, Z Chen - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 - ACS Publications
The production of ammonia (NH3) from molecular dinitrogen (N2) under mild conditions is
one of the most attractive and challenging processes in chemistry. Here by means of density …

Catalytic N2-to-NH3 (or -N2H4) Conversion by Well-Defined Molecular Coordination Complexes

MJ Chalkley, MW Drover, JC Peters - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen fixation, the six-electron/six-proton reduction of N2, to give NH3, is one of the most
challenging and important chemical transformations. Notwithstanding the barriers …

Heterogeneous Fe3 single-cluster catalyst for ammonia synthesis via an associative mechanism

JC Liu, XL Ma, Y Li, YG Wang, H Xiao, J Li - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
The current industrial ammonia synthesis relies on Haber–Bosch process that is initiated by
the dissociative mechanism, in which the adsorbed N2 dissociates directly, and thus is …

Facile Ammonia Synthesis from Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions on N-Doped Porous Carbon

Y Liu, Y Su, X Quan, X Fan, S Chen, H Yu, H Zhao… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ammonia has been used in important areas such as agriculture and clean energy. Its
synthesis from the electrochemical reduction of N2 is an attractive alternative to the industrial …

Carbon‐based metal‐free catalysts for key reactions involved in energy conversion and storage

S Zhao, DW Wang, R Amal, L Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysts are key for renewable energy technologies and other important industrial
processes. Currently, noble metals and metal oxides are the most widely used catalysts for …

Photocatalytic ammonia synthesis: Recent progress and future

S Zhang, Y Zhao, R Shi, GIN Waterhouse, T Zhang - EnergyChem, 2019 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is one of the most important commodity chemicals in today's chemical
industry. Industrially, ammonia is synthesized via the Haber-Bosch process at high …