Recent progress in ammonia fuel cells and their potential applications

G Jeerh, M Zhang, S Tao - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional technologies are largely powered by fossil fuel exploitation and have
ultimately led to extensive environmental concerns. Hydrogen is an excellent carbon-free …

Electrochemical nitrogen fixation and utilization: theories, advanced catalyst materials and system design

W Guo, K Zhang, Z Liang, R Zou, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen is a fundamental constituent for all living creatures on the Earth and modern
industrial society. The current nitrogen industry is largely powered by fossil fuels with huge …

Introducing structural sensitivity into adsorption–energy scaling relations by means of coordination numbers

F Calle-Vallejo, D Loffreda, MTM Koper, P Sautet - Nature chemistry, 2015 - nature.com
The search for improved heterogeneous catalysts is an important but difficult task. Scaling
relations between the adsorption energies of reaction intermediates greatly facilitate the …

Ammonia oxidation electrocatalysis for hydrogen generation and fuel cells

NM Adli, H Zhang, S Mukherjee… - Journal of The …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Multitude of complications involved with handling hydrogen fuels has propelled many to
consider instead an ammonia economy. Ammonia electrooxidation reaction (AOR) herein is …

Powering denitrification: the perspectives of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

M Duca, MTM Koper - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Imbalances in the nitrogen cycle caused by human activities (combustion, fertiliser-intensive
agriculture) have resulted in alarmingly increased levels of nitrate in groundwater and other …

Nitrogen cycle electrocatalysis

V Rosca, M Duca, MT de Groot, MTM Koper - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
After carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, nitrogen is the next most abundant element in the
human body. Inorganic and organic compounds of nitrogen feature prominently in many …

Structure sensitivity and nanoscale effects in electrocatalysis

MTM Koper - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the role of the detailed nanoscale structure of catalytic surfaces on the
activity of various electrocatalytic reactions of importance for fuel cells, hydrogen production …

Bond-making and breaking between carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in electrocatalysis

H Li, Y Li, MTM Koper… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Many catalytic reactions involving small molecules, which are key transformations in
sustainable energy and chemistry, involve the making or breaking of a bond between …

Recent progress in Pt-based electrocatalysts for ammonia oxidation reaction

H Kim, S Hong, H Kim, Y Jun, SY Kim, SH Ahn - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Ammonia oxidation reaction (AOR) has attracted great interest in the context of
electrocatalytic hydrogen generation and direct fuel generation. Owing to its low theoretical …

Carbon-free energy: a review of ammonia-and hydrazine-based electrochemical fuel cells

NV Rees, RG Compton - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Most low-temperature fuel cells are based on the hydrogen fuel cell in some form, with its
high power density and clean oxidation to yield no carbon-containing products. However …