Development and recent progress on ammonia synthesis catalysts for Haber–Bosch process

J Humphreys, R Lan, S Tao - Advanced Energy and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to its essential use as a fertilizer, ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen is
considered to be one of the most important chemical processes of the last 100 years. Since …

Ammonia as effective hydrogen storage: A review on production, storage and utilization

M Aziz, AT Wijayanta, ABD Nandiyanto - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ammonia is considered to be a potential medium for hydrogen storage, facilitating CO2-free
energy systems in the future. Its high volumetric hydrogen density, low storage pressure and …

Vacancy-enabled N2 activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni-loaded catalyst

TN Ye, SW Park, Y Lu, J Li, M Sasase, M Kitano… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Ammonia (NH3) is pivotal to the fertilizer industry and one of the most commonly produced
chemicals. The direct use of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) had been challenging, owing to its …

Challenges and opportunities of Ru-based catalysts toward the synthesis and utilization of ammonia

H Fang, D Liu, Y Luo, Y Zhou, S Liang, X Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is an important chemical for synthesized fertilizers traditionally and for a potential
energy vector increasingly. Industrial ammonia synthesis through the Haber–Bosch process …

Emerging materials and methods toward ammonia‐based energy storage and conversion

F Chang, W Gao, J Guo, P Chen - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient storage and conversion of renewable energies is of critical importance to the
sustainable growth of human society. With its distinguishing features of high hydrogen …

Advances in materials and applications of inorganic electrides

H Hosono, M Kitano - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Magnetic electrides: High-throughput material screening, intriguing properties, and applications

X Zhang, W Meng, Y Liu, X Dai, G Liu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrides are a unique class of electron-rich materials where excess electrons are localized
in interstitial lattice sites as anions, leading to a range of unique properties and applications …

Contribution of nitrogen vacancies to ammonia synthesis over metal nitride catalysts

TN Ye, SW Park, Y Lu, J Li, M Sasase… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is one of the most important feedstocks for the production of fertilizer and as a
potential energy carrier. Nitride compounds such as LaN have recently attracted …

Recent progress towards mild-condition ammonia synthesis

Q Wang, J Guo, P Chen - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Ammonia is essential for food and energy. Industrial ammonia synthesis via Haber–Bosch
process is energy-intensive and releases large amount of CO 2. Increasing research efforts …

Bi2WO6 hollow microspheres with high specific surface area and oxygen vacancies for efficient photocatalysis N2 fixation

T Wang, C Feng, J Liu, D Wang, H Hu, J Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, Bi 2 WO 6 hollow microspheres containing oxygen vacancies (OVs-BWO) was
synthesized by a solvothermal template-free method. Raman, EPR and XPS spectra provide …