The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

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 …

Lithium-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis with ether-based electrolytes

X Cai, X Li, J You, F Yang, Z Shadike… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is of great importance in fertilizer production and chemical synthesis. It can also
potentially serve as a carbon-free energy carrier for a future hydrogen economy. Motivated …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y Xiong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia with cation shuttling in a solid electrolyte reactor

FY Chen, A Elgazzar, S Pecaut, C Qiu, Y Feng… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
While electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia represents a promising route for water
treatment and ammonia generation, one critical challenge in the field is the need for high …

Calcium-mediated nitrogen reduction for electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, VA Niemann, Y Zhou, S Li, K Zhang… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Ammonia (NH3) is a key commodity chemical for the agricultural, textile and pharmaceutical
industries, but its production via the Haber–Bosch process is carbon-intensive and …

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

Y Wang, M Sun, J Zhou, Y Xiong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) to ammonia has been regarded as a
promising strategy to balance the global nitrogen cycle. However, it still suffers from poor …

Screening of intermetallic compounds based on intermediate adsorption equilibrium for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

C Ma, H Zhang, J Xia, X Zhu, K Qu, F Feng… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3–) reduction reaction (NO3RR) holds great potential for the
conversion of NO3–contaminants into valuable NH3 in a sustainable method. Unfortunately …

The why and how of NOx electroreduction to ammonia

J John, DR MacFarlane, AN Simonov - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Electroreduction of the oxidized forms of nitrogen (NO x) has been studied for decades, with
the most recent intense research focusing on the conversion of nitrate to ammonia. Here we …

Local reaction environment in electrocatalysis

C Chen, H Jin, P Wang, X Sun, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Beyond conventional electrocatalyst engineering, recent studies have unveiled the
effectiveness of manipulating the local reaction environment in enhancing the performance …