Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

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 …

Tandem electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia on MBenes

G Zhang, X Li, K Chen, Y Guo, D Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the great feasibility of MBenes as a new class of tandem catalysts for
electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO3RR). As a proof of concept, FeB2 is first …

Sub-nm RuOx Clusters on Pd Metallene for Synergistically Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

X Li, P Shen, X Li, D Ma, K Chu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia reaction (NO3RR) has emerged as an
appealing route for achieving both wastewater treatment and ammonia production. Herein …

Dynamic reconstitution between copper single atoms and clusters for electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, Y Liu, X Zhu, S Bo, L Xiao, C Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrocatalytic C N coupling between carbon dioxide and nitrate has emerged to
meet the comprehensive demands of carbon footprint closing, valorization of waste, and …

Lewis acid Fe‐V pairs promote nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

N Zhang, G Zhang, P Shen, H Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia (NO3RR) has been recognized as an
appealing approach to realize both sustainable NH3 production and waste nitrate removal …

Metalated covalent organic frameworks: from synthetic strategies to diverse applications

Q Guan, LL Zhou, YB Dong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of organic crystalline porous materials
discovered in the early 21st century that have become an attractive class of emerging …

Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

X Peng, L Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Y Li, Z Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical C–N coupling reactions based on abundant small molecules (such as CO2
and N2) have attracted increasing attention as a new “green synthetic strategy” for the …

Recent progress in electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NRR)

Z Huang, M Rafiq, AR Woldu, QX Tong, D Astruc… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an essential raw ingredient for fertilizers, a carbon-free hydrogen carrier, and an
alternative fuel. The natural process of producing ammonia cannot meet the rapidly growing …

Enabled efficient ammonia synthesis and energy supply in a zinc–nitrate battery system by separating nitrate reduction process into two stages

H Jiang, GF Chen, O Savateev, J Xue… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aqueous electrocatalytic reduction of NO3− into NH3 (NitrRR) presents a sustainable
route applicable to NH3 production and potentially energy storage. However, the NitrRR …