Can sustainable ammonia synthesis pathways compete with fossil-fuel based Haber–Bosch processes?

M Wang, MA Khan, I Mohsin, J Wicks, AH Ip… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As renewable electricity prices continue to decline, interest grows in alternative routes for the
synthesis of sustainable fuels and chemicals, including ammonia. Considering demand for …

Cost and performance targets for fully electrochemical ammonia production under flexible operation

N Lazouski, A Limaye, A Bose, ML Gala… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methods to produce ammonia from air, water, and renewable electricity are necessary to
transition ammonia production away from the CO2-emitting Haber–Bosch process. In this …

Current and future role of Haber–Bosch ammonia in a carbon-free energy landscape

C Smith, AK Hill, L Torrente-Murciano - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The future of a carbon-free society relies on the alignment of the intermittent production of
renewable energy with our continuous and increasing energy demands. Long-term energy …

Editors' choice—economic considerations for low-temperature electrochemical ammonia production: achieving haber-bosch parity

CA Fernandez, MC Hatzell - Journal of The Electrochemical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Production of ammonia through coupling renewable energy with electrolysis cells will
undoubtedly aid in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the ammonia production …

Energy-efficient ammonia production from air and water using electrocatalysts with limited faradaic efficiency

L Hollevoet, M De Ras, M Roeffaers, J Hofkens… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is an industrial large-volume chemical. It is used in fertilizers and many chemical
products and materials, and it pops up as a candidate green energy vector. Today, the …

The difficulty of proving electrochemical ammonia synthesis

J Kibsgaard, JK Nørskov, I Chorkendorff - ACS Energy Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, there has been a rapidly growing interest in electrochemical synthesis
of fuels and chemicals motivated by a global shift toward sustainable energy. 1 We need …

The use of controls for consistent and accurate measurements of electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis from dinitrogen

LF Greenlee, JN Renner, SL Foster - Acs Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
With this Viewpoint, the authors aim to discuss sources of ambient ammonia, the status of
the field of low-temperature electrochemical ammonia synthesis with regard to controls for …

1921–2021: A Century of renewable ammonia synthesis

KHR Rouwenhorst, AS Travis, L Lefferts - Sustainable Chemistry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Synthetic ammonia, manufactured by the Haber–Bosch process and its variants, is the key to
securing global food security. Hydrogen is the most important feedstock for all synthetic …

A roadmap to the ammonia economy

DR MacFarlane, PV Cherepanov, J Choi… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Ammonia is increasingly recognized as an important, sustainable fuel for global use in the
future. Applications of ammonia in heavy transport, power generation, and distributed …

Recent progress towards the electrosynthesis of ammonia from sustainable resources

MA Shipman, MD Symes - Catalysis Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is a key commodity chemical of vital importance for fertilisers. It is made on
an industrial scale via the Haber Bosch process, which requires significant infrastructure to …