Catalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia

SL Foster, SIP Bakovic, RD Duda, S Maheshwari… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
The production of synthetic ammonia remains dependent on the energy-and capital-
intensive Haber–Bosch process. Extensive research in molecular catalysis has …

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 …

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 …

Homogeneous catalysis by cobalt and manganese pincer complexes

A Mukherjee, D Milstein - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Homogeneous catalysis of organic transformations by metal complexes has been mostly
based on complexes of noble metals. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made …

Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts

O Westhead, J Barrio, A Bagger, JW Murray… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Mo/Fe nitrogenase enzyme is unique in its ability to efficiently reduce
dinitrogen to ammonia at atmospheric pressures and room temperature. Should an artificial …

Nitrogen fixation reaction derived from nanostructured catalytic materials

S Wang, F Ichihara, H Pang, H Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient nitrogen fixation reaction is highly desirable for obtaining the essential chemicals
and energy carriers but remains a challenge due to the strong nonpolar bonding and …

Double-atom catalysts: transition metal dimer-anchored C 2 N monolayers as N 2 fixation electrocatalysts

X Zhang, A Chen, Z Zhang, Z Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen fixation is one of the most essential processes in chemistry. Developing more
effective nitrogen fixation systems to catalyze the reaction under mild conditions is one of the …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

Examining the relationship between coordination mode and reactivity of dinitrogen

RJ Burford, MD Fryzuk - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular nitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, but its low reactivity
has hampered its use as a precursor to higher value nitrogen-containing compounds …

Atomically embedded asymmetrical dual-metal dimers on N-doped graphene for ultra-efficient nitrogen reduction reaction

T He, ARP Santiago, A Du - Journal of catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
The atomically dispersed metal species on nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets have
exhibited impressive catalytic properties towards oxygen evolution, oxygen reduction and …