Recent advances and challenges of electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, J Zhang, Y Kang - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Ammonia is essential for human activities because approximately 50% of global food
production relies on ammonia-derived fertilizers. Great efforts have been devoted to develop …

Recent developments in designing Cu-based electrocatalysts and advanced strategies for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

S Ullah, S Wang, C Li, AU Jan, F Zhan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrate with its high stability and persistence in water can pose a serious threat to both
human health and aquatic ecosystems. To tackle this issue, the electrochemical nitrate …

Gaseous CO2 Coupling with N-Containing Intermediates for Key C–N Bond Formation during Urea Production from Coelectrolysis over Cu

GL Yang, CT Hsieh, YS Ho, TC Kuo, Y Kwon, Q Lu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coelectrolysis of CO2 with simple nitrogen compounds can generate molecules containing
C–N bonds, which makes it an appealing method for increasing the value and scope of …

Steering from electrochemical denitrification to ammonia synthesis

H Li, J Long, H Jing, J Xiao - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The removal of nitric oxide is an important environmental issue, as well as a necessary
prerequisite for achieving high efficiency of CO2 electroreduction. To this end, the …

Electrocatalytic disproportionation of nitric oxide toward efficient nitrogen fixation

A Wu, J Lv, X Xuan, J Zhang, A Cao… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic conversion of waste nitric oxide into ammonia is a promising approach to
achieve sustainable nitrogen fixation. Herein, a CoNi co‐oxides catalyst is designed for NH3 …

PdCu electrocatalysts for selective nitrate and nitrite reduction to nitrogen

J Lim, Y Chen, DA Cullen, SW Lee, TP Senftle… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate in waste can enable efficient waste remediation (NO3–
to N2) or waste valorization (NO3–to NH4+) depending on the selectivity of the catalyst …

Electrocatalysts for Inorganic and Organic Waste Nitrogen Conversion

DA Chipoco Haro, L Barrera, H Iriawan, A Herzog… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic activities have disrupted the natural nitrogen cycle, increasing the level of
nitrogen contaminants in water. Nitrogen contaminants are harmful to humans and the …

Ammonia electrocatalytic synthesis from nitrate

D Anastasiadou, Y van Beek… - Electrochemical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interest in electrochemical processes to produce ammonia has increased in recent
years. The motivation for this increase is the attempt to reduce the carbon emissions …

Metallated graphynes as efficient single-atom electrocatalysts for nitric oxide reduction to ammonia

X Hu, NQ Su, WH Fang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - ACS Publications
Direct electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitric oxide is regarded as an attractive
strategy to degrade NO contaminants into valuable NH3, but the scarcity of high-efficiency …

Investigating the role of oxygen vacancies in metal oxide for enhanced electrochemical reduction of NO 3− to NH 3: mechanistic insights

S Ullah, S Wang, MS Ahmad, HMA Sharif… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia (NH3) is a crucial chemical commodity used extensively in fertilizer production
and as a renewable potential energy carrier. Conventionally, NH3 synthesis relies on the …