Emerging electrochemical processes to decarbonize the chemical industry

R Xia, S Overa, F Jiao - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrification is a potential approach to decarbonizing the chemical industry.
Electrochemical processes, when they are powered by renewable electricity, have lower …

Recent advances and challenges of electrochemical ammonia synthesis

X Fu, J Zhang, Y Kang - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Ammonia is essential for human activities because approximately 50% of global food
production relies on ammonia-derived fertilizers. Great efforts have been devoted to develop …

Continuous-flow electrosynthesis of ammonia by nitrogen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

X Fu, JB Pedersen, Y Zhou, M Saccoccio, S Li… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ammonia is a critical component in fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals and is an
ideal, carbon-free fuel. Recently, lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction has proven to be a …

Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency

HL Du, M Chatti, RY Hodgetts, PV Cherepanov… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
In addition to its use in the fertilizer and chemical industries, ammonia is currently seen as a
potential replacement for carbon-based fuels and as a carrier for worldwide transportation of …

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 …

Electrosynthesis of ammonia with high selectivity and high rates via engineering of the solid-electrolyte interphase

S Li, Y Zhou, K Li, M Saccoccio, R Sažinas… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Ammonia is a large-scale commodity essential to fertilizer production, but the Haber-Bosch
process leads to massive emissions of carbon dioxide. Electrochemical ammonia synthesis …

Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates on CoO Nanoclusters‐Functionalized Graphene with Highest Mass Activity and Nearly 100% Selectivity to Ammonia

NC Kani, NHL Nguyen, K Markel… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
NO3− is a prominent waste byproduct in ammunition industries, and valorization of NO3−
into NH3 is desired. NH3 synthesized from waste using renewable energy could be used as …

Progress of experimental and computational catalyst design for electrochemical nitrogen fixation

Z Chen, C Liu, L Sun, T Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Large-scale ammonia synthesis via the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR)
under mild reaction conditions represents a green prospect for agriculture, industry, and …

The chemistry of proton carriers in high-performance lithium-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis

HL Du, K Matuszek, RY Hodgetts, KN Dinh… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction can enable synthesis of ammonia from
renewables in a distributed fashion on various scales, but its integration into electrolyser …

Electrocatalytic green ammonia production beyond ambient aqueous nitrogen reduction

D Yao, C Tang, P Wang, H Cheng, H Jin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ammonia (NH 3), the second highest produced chemical in the world, is dominantly
used for fertilizer production to underpin the modern agriculture, and recently attracts …