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 …

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 …

Discriminating Active B N Sites in Coralloidal B, N Dual‐Doped Carbon Nano‐Bundles for Boosted Zn‐Ion Storage Capability

X Chen, P Ye, H Wang, H Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dual doping of boron (B) and nitrogen (N) provides an effective strategy to tailor chemical
properties and electron distributions in the carbon plane, as well as customize the energy …

Local Spin‐State Tuning of Iron Single‐Atom Electrocatalyst by S‐Coordinated Doping for Kinetics‐Boosted Ammonia Synthesis

Y Li, Y Ji, Y Zhao, J Chen, S Zheng, X Sang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (e‐NRR) is envisaged as alternative
technique to the Haber–Bosch process for NH3 synthesis. However, how to develop highly …

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 …

Atomically dispersed zinc (I) active sites to accelerate nitrogen reduction kinetics for ammonia electrosynthesis

Y Kong, Y Li, X Sang, B Yang, Z Li, S Zheng… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing highly active and stable nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) catalysts for NH3
electrosynthesis remains challenging. Herein, an unusual NRR electrocatalyst is reported …

Boosting electroreduction kinetics of nitrogen to ammonia via tuning electron distribution of single‐atomic iron sites

Y Li, J Li, J Huang, J Chen, Y Kong, B Yang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) plays a vital role for next‐generation
electrochemical energy conversion technologies. However, the NRR kinetics is still limited …

Single‐atom Iron Catalyst with Biomimetic Active Center to Accelerate Proton Spillover for Medical‐level Electrosynthesis of H2O2 Disinfectant

Y Li, J Chen, Y Ji, Z Zhao, W Cui, X Sang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrosynthesis of H2O2 has great potential for directly converting O2 into disinfectant, yet it
is still a big challenge to develop effective electrocatalysts for medical‐level H2O2 …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways of the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: From Ammonia Synthesis to Metal-N2 Batteries

SC Jesudass, S Surendran, JY Kim, TY An… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
Ammonia is considered as an alternative fuel resource for a sustainable green future. The
production of ammonia involves the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) …

Accelerating protonation kinetics for ammonia electrosynthesis on single iron sites embedded in carbon with intrinsic defects

Y Kong, L Wu, X Yang, Y Li, S Zheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysts play a vital role in electroreduction of N2 to NH3 (NRR); however, large‐
scale industrial application of electrochemical NRR is still limited by low selectivity and poor …