Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts

S Fang, YH Hu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermo-photo catalysis, which is the catalysis with the participation of both thermal and
photo energies, not only reduces the large energy consumption of thermal catalysis but also …

A critical review of the state-of-the-art green ammonia production technologies-mechanism, advancement, challenges, and future potential

SJ Sekhar, ASA Al-Shahri, G Glivin, THT Le… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia is significant in various industrial and transportation applications: carbon-free fuel,
synthetic fertilizers, mining, medicines, water treatment, polymers, and textiles. In recent …

[PDF][PDF] Photothermal catalytic conversion based on single atom catalysts: fundamentals and applications

Q Song, G He, H Fei - Acta Physico Chimica Sinica, 2023 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
To achieve the stated goal of carbon neutrality, solar energy is regarded as the most
promising alternative to traditional fossil fuels as a sustainable and clean resource. The key …

Energy Decarbonization via Green H2 or NH3?

S Wu, N Salmon, MMJ Li, R Bañares-Alcántara… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Due to the global need to decarbonize, it is increasingly clear that we are heading toward a
new era of massive renewable energy generation and utilization to substitute fossil fuels …

Prospects and good experimental practices for photocatalytic ammonia synthesis

PW Huang, MC Hatzell - nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Photocatalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia is a green alternative for the Haber-Bosch
process. The current progress in photocatalytic nitrogen reduction suggests, however, that …

Light-driven ammonia synthesis under mild conditions using lithium hydride

Y Guan, H Wen, K Cui, Q Wang, W Gao, Y Cai… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Photon-driven chemical processes are usually mediated by oxides, nitrides and sulfides
whose photo-conversion efficiency is limited by charge carrier recombination. Here we show …

S vacancies act as a bridge to promote electron injection from Z-scheme heterojunction to nitrogen molecule for photocatalytic ammonia synthesis

G Zhang, X Yuan, B Xie, Y Meng, Z Ni, S Xia - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The low efficiency of photogenerated electron injection into N 2 molecule is the key problem
to limit the improvement of activity for photocatalytic ammonia synthesis of heterojunction …

When nitrogen reduction meets single-atom catalysts

Y Pang, C Su, L Xu, Z Shao - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic or electrocatalytic transformation of N 2-to-NH 3, serving as an alternative to
the Haber-Bosch process that is energy-and capital-intensive, from abundant N 2, H 2 O …

Coordinating single-atom catalysts on two-dimensional nanomaterials: A paradigm towards bolstered photocatalytic energy conversion

X Lin, SF Ng, WJ Ong - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of photocatalysts with robust active sites, excellent light-harvesting ability,
low electron-hole recombination, and superior activity has been employed over the past …

Confinement catalysis of a single atomic vacancy assisted by aliovalent ion doping enabled efficient NO electroreduction to NH 3

B He, P Lv, D Wu, X Li, R Zhu, K Chu, D Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic NO reduction reaction (NORR) to NH3 is emerging for simultaneous
harmful NO removal and valuable NH3 synthesis. However, usually NO-to-NH3 efficiency …