Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y Xiong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

Porous Organic Polymers‐Based Single‐Atom Catalysts for Sustainable Energy‐Related Electrocatalysis

H Li, F Pan, C Qin, T Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have been emerging as attractive catalytic materials in
electrocatalysis for sustainable energy storage and conversion. To realize the practical …

Laser-controlled tandem catalytic sites of CuNi alloys with ampere-level electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia reduction activities for Zn–nitrate batteries

W Yu, J Yu, M Huang, Y Wang, Y Wang, J Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The clean production of electric energy and ammonia (NH3) is an inevitable requirement of
modern industrial development. In this work, we synthesized CuNi alloy nanoparticles on a …

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

Y Wang, M Sun, J Zhou, Y Xiong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) to ammonia has been regarded as a
promising strategy to balance the global nitrogen cycle. However, it still suffers from poor …

Controlled defective engineering on CuIr catalyst promotes nitrate selective reduction to ammonia

X Guo, J Yu, S Ren, RT Gao, L Wu, L Wang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3–RR) is a promising low-carbon and
environmentally friendly approach for the production of ammonia (NH3). Herein, we develop …

Polynuclear cobalt cluster-based coordination polymers for efficient nitrate-to-ammonia electroreduction

M Wang, S Li, Y Gu, W Xu, H Wang, J Sun… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NITRR) holds great promise for purifying
wastewater and producing valuable ammonia (NH3). However, the lack of efficient …

Recent advances of ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions over metal-organic framework based electrocatalysts

Y Yu, Y Li, Y Fang, L Wen, B Tu, Y Huang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is an essential chemical and a promising fuel, but its industrially produced
process is carbon-intensive and highly energy-consuming. Developing a green and …

Modulating the electronic structure of cobalt in molecular catalysts via coordination environment regulation for highly efficient heterogeneous nitrate reduction

L Sun, C Dai, T Wang, X Jin, ZJ Xu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia (NH3) is pivotal in modern industry and represents a promising next‐generation
carbon‐free energy carrier. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (eNO3RR) presents …

Continuous NO Upcycling into Ammonia Promoted by SO2 in Flue Gas: Poison Can Be a Gift

R Chen, J Li, J Wang, W Yang, S Shen… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although ammonia (NH3) synthesis efficiency from the NO reduction reaction (NORR) is
significantly promoted in recent years, one should note that NO is one of the major air …

CoFe nanoalloys encapsulated in nitrogen-doped carbon for efficient nitrite electroreduction to ammonia

D Zhu, B Zhang, J Chen, F Xie, Y Zou… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical nitrite (NO2−) reduction to ammonia (NH3) can not only remove harmful
NO2− in wastewater, but also produce valuable NH3. Herein, a CoFe nanoalloy …