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 …

Transition Metal Single‐Atom Catalysts for the Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction: Mechanism, Synthesis, Characterization, Application, and Prospects

T Xiang, Y Liang, Y Zeng, J Deng, J Yuan, W Xiong… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive accumulation of nitrate in the environment will affect human health. To combat
nitrate pollution, chemical, biological, and physical technologies have been developed …

Advances in ammonia electrosynthesis from ambient nitrate/nitrite reduction

J Liang, Z Li, L Zhang, X He, Y Luo, D Zheng, Y Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Designing genuine electrocatalysts that selectively reduce nitrate/nitrite (NO x−) is becoming
ever more vital to produce ammonia (NH 3) sustainably, safeguard the environment, and …

Optimizing intermediate adsorption via heteroatom ensemble effect over RuFe bimetallic alloy for enhanced nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

X Zhao, Y Jiang, M Wang, S Liu, Z Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) is a promising approach for nitrate
removal and NH3 synthesis at ambient conditions. As a complex eight‐electron/nine‐proton …

A Bi‐Co Corridor Construction Effectively Improving the Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction toward Ammonia by Nearly 100%

R Zhao, Q Yan, L Yu, T Yan, X Zhu, Z Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the selective ammonia production capacity of electrocatalytic nitrate reduction
reaction (NO3RR) at ambient conditions is critical to the future development and industrial …

Pulsed electroreduction of low-concentration nitrate to ammonia

Y Huang, C He, C Cheng, S Han, M He, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3−) reduction to ammonia (NRA) has emerged as an
alternative strategy for effluent treatment and ammonia production. Despite significant …

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

Y Wang, M Sun, J Zhou, Y Xiong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) to ammonia has been regarded as a
promising strategy to balance the global nitrogen cycle. However, it still suffers from poor …

Boosting Electrocatalytic Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia via Tuning of N‐Intermediate Adsorption on a Zn− Cu Catalyst

L Wu, J Feng, L Zhang, S Jia, X Song, Q Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The renewable‐energy‐powered electroreduction of nitrate (NO3−) to ammonia (NH3) has
garnered significant interest as an eco‐friendly and promising substitute for the Haber …

Fluidic MXene electrode functionalized with iron single atoms for selective electrocatalytic nitrate transformation to ammonia

Y Ren, F Tian, L Jin, Y Wang, J Yang… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The growth of renewable energy industries and the ongoing need for fertilizer in agriculture
have created a need for sustainable production of ammonia (NH3) using low-cost …

Pyridine-N-rich Cu single-atom catalyst boosts nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

Y Liu, W Qiu, P Wang, R Li, K Liu, KM Omer… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrate-to-ammonia electroreduction (NO 3 RR) offers a sustainable alternative to the energy-
extensive Haber–Bosch process. Previous studies have reported nitrogen-coordinated …