Nitrogen fixation via splitting into nitrido complexes

SJK Forrest, B Schluschaß, EY Yuzik-Klimova… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The large carbon footprint of the Haber–Bosch process, which provides ammonia for
fertilizers but also the feedstock for all nitrogenous commercial products, has fueled the …

Bimetallic cooperation across the periodic table

J Campos - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Organometallic chemistry and its applications in homogeneous catalysis have been
dominated by mononuclear transition-metal complexes. The catalytic performance and …

Heterogeneous Fe3 single-cluster catalyst for ammonia synthesis via an associative mechanism

JC Liu, XL Ma, Y Li, YG Wang, H Xiao, J Li - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
The current industrial ammonia synthesis relies on Haber–Bosch process that is initiated by
the dissociative mechanism, in which the adsorbed N2 dissociates directly, and thus is …

Ternary ruthenium complex hydrides for ammonia synthesis via the associative mechanism

Q Wang, J Pan, J Guo, HA Hansen, H Xie, L Jiang… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Ammonia is the feedstock for nitrogen fertilizers and a potential carbon-free energy carrier;
however, its production is highly energy intensive. Conventional heterogeneous catalysts …

Recent progress on electrocatalyst and photocatalyst design for nitrogen reduction

M Li, H Huang, J Low, C Gao, R Long… - Small Methods, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals due to its enormous applications in fertilizer
production and as an energy carrier. The production of ammonia mainly relies on the …

Generating defect‐rich bismuth for enhancing the rate of nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia

Y Wang, M Shi, D Bao, F Meng, Q Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical N2 fixation, which is far from practical application in aqueous solution
under ambient conditions, is extremely challenging and requires a rational design of …

Nitrogen fixation reaction derived from nanostructured catalytic materials

S Wang, F Ichihara, H Pang, H Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient nitrogen fixation reaction is highly desirable for obtaining the essential chemicals
and energy carriers but remains a challenge due to the strong nonpolar bonding and …

Beyond ammonia: nitrogen–element bond forming reactions with coordinated dinitrogen

S Kim, F Loose, PJ Chirik - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The functionalization of coordinated dinitrogen to form nitrogen–element bonds en route to
nitrogen-containing molecules is a long-standing challenge in chemical synthesis. The …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

Surface Single-Cluster Catalyst for N2-to-NH3 Thermal Conversion

XL Ma, JC Liu, H Xiao, J Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The ammonia synthesis from N2 is of vital importance, with imitating biological nitrogen
fixation attracted much interest. Herein, we investigate the catalytic mechanisms of N2-to …