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 …

Urea catalytic oxidation for energy and environmental applications

X Gao, S Zhang, P Wang, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Urea is one of the most essential reactive nitrogen species in the nitrogen cycle and plays
an indispensable role in the water-energy-food nexus. However, untreated urea or urine …

Intermetallic single-atom alloy In–Pd bimetallene for neutral electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrate

M Xie, S Tang, Z Li, M Wang, Z Jin, P Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Harvesting recyclable ammonia (NH3) from the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate (NO3RR)
offers a sustainable strategy to close the ecological nitrogen cycle from nitration …

Descriptors for the evaluation of electrocatalytic reactions: d‐band theory and beyond

S Jiao, X Fu, H Huang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Closing the carbon‐, hydrogen‐, and nitrogen cycle with renewable electricity holds
promises for the mitigation of the facing environment and energy crisis, along with the …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …

The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Theoretical insights into the mechanism of selective nitrate‐to‐ammonia electroreduction on single‐atom catalysts

H Niu, Z Zhang, X Wang, X Wan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Selective nitrate‐to‐ammonia electrochemical conversion is an efficient pathway to solve the
pollution of nitrate and an attractive strategy for low‐temperature ammonia synthesis …

Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2

R Jia, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Ling, Y Yu, B Zhang - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction into recyclable ammonium under benign conditions is
significant. However, the development of such a process has been retarded by the lack of …

Catalytic active centers beyond transition metals: Atomically dispersed alkaline-earth metals for the electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

D Wu, P Lv, J Wu, B He, X Li, K Chu, Y Jia… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline-earth (AE) metals have rarely been reported to be the active centers in
heterogeneous catalysis. However, in nature, Mg cofactors in enzymes exhibit super activity …

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 …