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 …

Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

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 …

Direct synthesis of ammonia from nitrate on amorphous graphene with near 100% efficiency

L Huang, L Cheng, T Ma, JJ Zhang, H Wu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is an indispensable commodity in the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries.
Direct nitrate‐to‐ammonia electroreduction is a decentralized route yet challenged by …

Theoretical modeling of electrochemical proton-coupled electron transfer

RE Warburton, AV Soudackov… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) plays an essential role in a wide range of
electrocatalytic processes. A vast array of theoretical and computational methods have been …

Amorphous Boron Carbide on Titanium Dioxide Nanobelt Arrays for High‐Efficiency Electrocatalytic NO Reduction to NH3

J Liang, P Liu, Q Li, T Li, L Yue, Y Luo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic NO reduction is regarded as an attractive strategy to degrade the NO
contaminant into useful NH3, but the lack of efficient and stable electrocatalysts to facilitate …

Tackling the activity and selectivity challenges of electrocatalysts toward the nitrogen reduction reaction via atomically dispersed biatom catalysts

X Guo, J Gu, S Lin, S Zhang, Z Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Developing efficient catalysts for nitrogen fixation is becoming increasingly important but is
still challenging due to the lack of robust design criteria for tackling the activity and selectivity …

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 …

Fe single-atom catalysts with pre-organized coordination structure for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

WD Zhang, H Dong, L Zhou, H Xu, HR Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single atom catalysts (SAC) have the potential to achieve large-scale production of NH 3
through electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO 3-RR). Tailoring the coordination …

Direct electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitric oxide

J Long, S Chen, Y Zhang, C Guo, X Fu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
NO removal from exhausted gas is necessary owing to its damage to environment.
Meanwhile, the electrochemical ammonia synthesis (EAS) from N2 suffers from low reaction …