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 …

Development of electrocatalysts for efficient nitrogen reduction reaction under ambient condition

D Liu, M Chen, X Du, H Ai, KH Lo… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most important chemicals and an energy carrier, synthetic ammonia has been
widely studied to meet the increasing demand. Among various strategies, electrochemical …

Atomically dispersed heteronuclear dual‐atom catalysts: A new rising star in atomic catalysis

T He, ARP Santiago, Y Kong, MA Ahsan, R Luque… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomic catalysts (AC) are gaining extensive research interest as the most active new frontier
in heterogeneous catalysis due to their unique electronic structures and maximum atom …

Design of novel transition-metal-doped C4N4 as highly effective electrocatalysts for nitrogen fixation with a new intrinsic descriptor

C He, J Ma, Y Wu, W Zhang - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is an efficient and green way to produce
ammonia, which offers an alternative option to the conventional Haber-Bosch process …

High-throughput identification of highly active and selective single-atom catalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis through nitrate reduction

S Wang, H Gao, L Li, K San Hui, DA Dinh, S Wu… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly selective and active nitrate-to-ammonia electrochemical conversion (NO 3
reduction reaction [NO 3 RR]) can be an appealing and supplementary alternative to the …

Recent Progress in Computational Design of Single-Atom/Cluster Catalysts for Electrochemical and Solar-Driven N2 Fixation

S Ghoshal, A Ghosh, P Roy, B Ball, A Pramanik… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fixation of dinitrogen into ammonia is an essential biological process for the evolution of life,
and at the same time ammonia is an essential component for many industrial processes …

Molecular-level insight into photocatalytic reduction of N2 over Ruthenium single atom modified TiO2 by electronic Metal-support interaction

G Ren, M Shi, S Liu, Z Li, Z Zhang, X Meng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable production of NH 3 by fixing N 2 under mild conditions via photocatalysis is
fascinating compared to current industrial processes operated at critical conditions …

Transition Metal Single‐Atom Catalysts for the Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction: Mechanism, Synthesis, Characterization, Application, and Prospects

T Xiang, Y Liang, Y Zeng, J Deng, J Yuan, W Xiong… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive accumulation of nitrate in the environment will affect human health. To combat
nitrate pollution, chemical, biological, and physical technologies have been developed …

Single-atom Mn anchored on N-doped graphene oxide for efficient adsorption-photocatalytic degradation of sulfanilamide in water: Electronic interaction and …

H Lyu, P Li, J Tang, W Zou, P Wang, B Gao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synergy between adsorption and photocatalysis provides an ideal green technology to treat
antibiotic pollution in water. In this study, single-atom Mn anchored on N-doped graphene …

First principles and machine learning based superior catalytic activities and selectivities for N 2 reduction in MBenes, defective 2D materials and 2D π-conjugated …

M Zafari, AS Nissimagoudar, M Umer, G Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of ammonia through an electrochemical process suffers from two challenging
issues, namely low catalytic activity and low Faraday efficiency. Here, we boost the N2 …