A brief assessment on recent developments in efficient electrocatalytic Nitrogen reduction with 2D non-metallic nanomaterials

M Shahid, HMA Javed, MI Ahmad, AA Qureshi… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) has been developed by electrocatalytic
technology that is a potential way to effectively replace the Haber–Bosch process, which is …

Main-group elements boost electrochemical nitrogen fixation

L Li, C Tang, H Jin, K Davey, SZ Qiao - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Renewable-energy-derived electrocatalytic nitrogen (N 2) reduction reaction (NRR) is
practically promising for the production of green ammonia (NH 3). However, NRR is limited …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: mechanistic understanding and catalyst design

H Shen, C Choi, J Masa, X Li, J Qiu, Y Jung, Z Sun - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
NH 3 production is dependent on the century-old Haber-Bosch process, which is energy and
capital intensive and relies on H 2 from steam reforming, hence, contributing to greenhouse …

Recent progress in electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen: strategies to improve the catalytic activity and selectivity

B Yang, W Ding, H Zhang, S Zhang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The modern ammonia synthesis industry founded by Haber–Bosch in 1913 has successfully
altered the history of food production, fed explosive population growth, and laid the …

Creating frustrated Lewis pairs in defective boron carbon nitride for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia

W Lin, H Chen, G Lin, S Yao, Z Zhang, J Qi… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) on metal‐free catalysts is an attractive
alternative to the industrial Haber–Bosch process. However, the state‐of‐the‐art metal‐free …

Emerging p-block-element-based electrocatalysts for sustainable nitrogen conversion

C Lv, J Liu, C Lee, Q Zhu, J Xu, H Pan, C Xue, Q Yan - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Artificial nitrogen conversion reactions, such as the production of ammonia via dinitrogen or
nitrate reduction and the synthesis of organonitrogen compounds via C–N coupling, play a …

Fast and long‐lasting iron (III) reduction by boron toward green and accelerated fenton chemistry

P Zhou, W Ren, G Nie, X Li, X Duan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Generation of hydroxyl radicals in the Fenton system (FeII/H2O2) is seriously limited by the
sluggish kinetics of FeIII reduction and fast FeIII precipitation. Here, boron crystals (C‐Boron) …

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 …

Emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Y Pang, C Su, G Jia, L Xu, Z Shao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia (NH3) is essential to serve as the biological building blocks for maintaining
organism function, and as the indispensable nitrogenous fertilizers for increasing the yield of …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to activate inert nitrogen molecules for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis: current status, challenges, and perspectives

Y Ren, C Yu, X Tan, Q Wei, Z Wang, L Ni… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (NRR) offers an alternative to the traditional Haber–
Bosch (H–B) process for the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) and has received a surge of …