Emerging applications, developments, prospects, and challenges of electrochemical nitrate‐to‐ammonia conversion

W Chen, X Yang, Z Chen, Z Ou, J Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is not only an important feedstock for chemical industry but also a carbon‐free
energy carrier and a safe storage media for hydrogen. Due to the advantages compared to …

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 …

Regulating active hydrogen adsorbed on grain boundary defects of nano-nickel for boosting ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

J Zhou, M Wen, R Huang, Q Wu, Y Luo… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NitRR) into ammonia is a promising route for
sustainable ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions. Since the hydrogen evolution …

Sustainable ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate wastewater coupled to electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastic waste

T Ren, Z Yu, H Yu, K Deng, Z Wang, X Li, H Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Integrating the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
hydrolysate oxidation to construct the nitrate/PET hydrolysate coelectrolysis system holds a …

Recent advances in electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

L Ouyang, J Liang, Y Luo, D Zheng, S Sun, Q Liu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial electrocatalytic ammonia (NH 3) synthesis is recently becoming a research hotspot.
It can couple with clean renewable electricity, which is considered an energy-efficient and …

Bifunctional PdPt bimetallenes for formate oxidation‐boosted water electrolysis

XL Liu, YC Jiang, JT Huang, W Zhong, B He… - Carbon …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐molecule electrooxidation‐boosted water electrolysis (WE) is an energy‐saving
method for hydrogen (H2) production. Herein, PdPt bimetallenes (PdPt BMLs) are obtained …

Interfacial polarization in metal-organic framework reconstructed Cu/Pd/CuOx multi-phase heterostructures for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

T Ren, Z Yu, H Yu, K Deng, Z Wang, X Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate wastewater to high value-added ammonia is of
significance to promote the restoration of ecosystem nitrogen cycle imbalances, which …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction in acid enables high-efficiency ammonia synthesis and high-voltage pollutes-based fuel cells

R Zhang, C Li, H Cui, Y Wang, S Zhang, P Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most current research is devoted to electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction for ammonia
synthesis under alkaline/neutral media while the investigation of nitrate reduction under …

Electrochemical co-production of ammonia and biodegradable polymer monomer glycolic acid via the co-electrolysis of nitrate wastewater and waste plastic

T Ren, Z Duan, H Wang, H Yu, K Deng, Z Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reformation of nitrate wastewater and poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET)
plastic waste into ammonia (NH3) and fine chemicals is a sustainable strategy for waste …

Highly efficient electroenzymatic cascade reduction reaction for the conversion of nitrite to ammonia

X Zhu, X Fan, H Lin, S Li, Q Zhai… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrite reduction reaction provides an alternative approach to offer
sustainable ammonia source routes for repairing imbalances in the global nitrogen cycle. In …