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 non-noble metal electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction

X Zhang, Y Wang, C Liu, Y Yu, S Lu, B Zhang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution has become a serious global problem, threatening human health and
ecosystems. The electrochemical reduction has emerged as an energy-efficient and …

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 …

Electrolyte engineering for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia on a titanium electrode

JM McEnaney, SJ Blair, AC Nielander… - ACS sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrates from agricultural runoff and industrial waste streams are a notorious waste product
and hazardous pollutant. Traditional electrochemical water remediation approaches aim to …

Recent discoveries in the reaction mechanism of heterogeneous electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

Z Wang, D Richards, N Singh - Catalysis science & technology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of maintaining a balanced nitrogen cycle and rectifying the accumulation of
nitrate in water streams creates a need for technologies that can convert nitrate species …

Recent advances and challenges of electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, J Zhang, Y Kang - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Ammonia is essential for human activities because approximately 50% of global food
production relies on ammonia-derived fertilizers. Great efforts have been devoted to develop …

State-of-the-art and perspectives of the catalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of aqueous nitrates

J Martínez, A Ortiz, I Ortiz - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution of groundwater, which is mainly caused by the application of nitrogen-
based fertilizers in intensive agriculture, is a widespread problem all over the world and a …

Research progress on Cu-based catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction to ammonia

M Teng, J Ye, C Wan, G He, H Chen - Industrial & Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Since the conventional Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis loop suffers from harsh process
conditions, high energy consumption, and heavy pollution, the artificial catalytic synthetic …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction to produce ammonia integrated into wastewater treatment: Investigations and challenges

X Zou, J Xie, C Wang, G Jiang, K Tang, C Chen - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Nitrate (NO 3−) is widely found in wastewater, which is harmful to human health and
water environmental. Electrochemical reduction can convert NO 3− to high value-added …

Electrochemical removal of nitrate in industrial wastewater

D Xu, Y Li, L Yin, Y Ji, J Niu, Y Yu - Frontiers of environmental science & …, 2018 - Springer
A number of recent studies have demonstrated that electrochemical technologies, including
electroreduction (ER), electrocoagulation (EC), and electrodialysis (ED), are effective in …