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 …

Nitrate electroreduction: mechanism insight, in situ characterization, performance evaluation, and challenges

Y Wang, C Wang, M Li, Y Yu, B Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Excessive nitrate ions in the environment break the natural nitrogen cycle and become a
significant threat to human health. So far, many physical, chemical, and biological …

Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism

S Han, H Li, T Li, F Chen, R Yang, Y Yu, B Zhang - Nature catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia plays a substantial role in agriculture and the next generation of carbon-free
energy supply. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to NH3 is attractive for nitrate removal and …

Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

W He, J Zhang, S Dieckhöfer, S Varhade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic recycling of waste nitrate (NO3−) to valuable ammonia (NH3) at ambient
conditions is a green and appealing alternative to the Haber− Bosch process. However, the …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst

ZY Wu, M Karamad, X Yong, Q Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate, a widespread water pollutant, back to valuable
ammonia is a green and delocalized route for ammonia synthesis, and can be an appealing …

Coordination symmetry breaking of single‐atom catalysts for robust and efficient nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

XF Cheng, JH He, HQ Ji, HY Zhang, Q Cao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrate electrocatalytic reduction (NO3RR) for ammonia production is a promising strategy to
close the N‐cycle from nitration contamination, as well as an alternative to the Haber–Bosch …

Theoretical insights into superior nitrate reduction to ammonia performance of copper catalysts

T Hu, C Wang, M Wang, CM Li, C Guo - Acs Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitrate reduction to ammonia (NRA) is critical and attractive for environmental remediation
and energy conservation. Copper represents one of the most promising non-noble-metal …

Unveiling cutting‐edge developments in electrocatalytic nitrate‐to‐ammonia conversion

H Zhang, H Wang, X Cao, M Chen, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The excessive enrichment of nitrate in the environment can be converted into ammonia
(NH3) through electrochemical processes, offering significant implications for modern …

Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direct eight-electron transfer using a copper–molecular solid catalyst

GF Chen, Y Yuan, H Jiang, SY Ren, LX Ding, L Ma… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Ammonia (NH3) is essential for modern agriculture and industry and is a potential energy
carrier. NH3 is traditionally synthesized by the Haber–Bosch process at high temperature …

Efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia through integration of plasma oxidation with electrocatalytic reduction

L Li, C Tang, X Cui, Y Zheng, X Wang, H Xu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Present one‐step N2 fixation is impeded by tough activation of the N≡ N bond and low
selectivity to NH3. Here we report fixation of N2‐to‐NH3 can be decoupled to a two‐step …