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 …

Electrocatalytic Systems for NOx Valorization in Organonitrogen Synthesis

P Liao, J Kang, R Xiang, S Wang, G Li - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic nitrogen oxide (NOx) species, such as NO, NO2, NO3−, NO2− generated from the
decomposition of organic matters, volcanic eruptions and lightning activated nitrogen, play …

Selective electrochemical reduction of nitric oxide to hydroxylamine by atomically dispersed iron catalyst

DH Kim, S Ringe, H Kim, S Kim, B Kim, G Bae… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic conversion of nitrogen oxides to value-added chemicals is a promising
strategy for mitigating the human-caused unbalance of the global nitrogen-cycle, but …

High-efficiency electrohydrogenation of nitric oxide to ammonia on a Ni 2 P nanoarray under ambient conditions

T Mou, J Liang, Z Ma, L Zhang, Y Lin, T Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroreduction of NO to NH3 under ambient conditions mitigates the human-caused
imbalance in the global nitrogen cycle and represents a sustainable and on-site alternative …

Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and methane at an immobilized cobalt protoporphyrin

J Shen, R Kortlever, R Kas, YY Birdja… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and water into useful products is a major
challenge in facilitating a closed carbon cycle. Here we report a cobalt protoporphyrin …

High‐rate oxygen electroreduction over graphitic‐N species exposed on 3D hierarchically porous nitrogen‐doped carbons

W He, C Jiang, J Wang, L Lu - Angewandte Chemie, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐doped species (NDs) are theoretically accepted as a determinant of the catalytic
activity of metal‐free N‐doped carbon (NC) catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

Nitrogen cycle electrocatalysis

V Rosca, M Duca, MT de Groot, MTM Koper - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
After carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, nitrogen is the next most abundant element in the
human body. Inorganic and organic compounds of nitrogen feature prominently in many …

Understanding the synergy between Fe and Mo sites in the nitrate reduction reaction on a bio‐inspired bimetallic MXene electrocatalyst

DF Abbott, YZ Xu, DA Kuznetsov, P Kumar… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mo‐and Fe‐containing enzymes catalyze the reduction of nitrate and nitrite ions in nature.
Inspired by this activity, we study here the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) catalyzed by …

Facile oxygen reduction on a three-dimensionally ordered macroporous graphitic C3N4/carbon composite electrocatalyst.

J Liang, Y Zheng, J Chen, J Liu… - … (International ed. in …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Honeycomb catalysis: a facile oxygen reduction reaction has been observed on a graphitic
C (3) N (4)/carbon catalyst with three-dimensional interconnected macropores (see picture …

N-, O-, and S-tridoped nanoporous carbons as selective catalysts for oxygen reduction and alcohol oxidation reactions

Y Meng, D Voiry, A Goswami, X Zou… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Replacing rare and expensive metal catalysts with inexpensive and earth-abundant ones is
currently among the major goals of sustainable chemistry. Herein we report the synthesis of …