Recent developments in heterogeneous electrocatalysts for ambient nitrogen reduction to ammonia: Activity, challenges, and future perspectives

MA Mushtaq, M Arif, G Yasin, M Tabish, A Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) plays a significant role in fertilizer production to support the ever-increasing
population and serves as a renewable energy carrier as well as a zero-carbon emission …

Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Recent progress of vacancy engineering for electrochemical energy conversion related applications

Z Wu, Y Zhao, W Jin, B Jia, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient electrocatalysts are key requirements for the development of ecofriendly
electrochemical energy‐related technologies and devices. It is widely recognized that the …

Lattice‐Confined Single‐Atom Fe1Sx on Mesoporous TiO2 for Boosting Ambient Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction Reaction

J Chen, Y Kang, W Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Chen… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mimicking natural nitrogenase to create highly efficient single‐atom catalysts (SACs) for
ambient N2 fixation is highly desired, but still challenging. Herein, S‐coordinated Fe SACs …

Phosphorus-doped porous perovskite LaFe1-xPxO3-δ nanosheets with rich surface oxygen vacancies for ppb level acetone sensing at low temperature

W Qin, Z Yuan, Y Shen, R Zhang, F Meng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Perovskite-type oxide semiconductors (ABO 3) with defective conduction properties have
been regarded as highly promising gas-sensitive materials due to their abundant structural …

Activating VS 2 basal planes for enhanced NRR electrocatalysis: the synergistic role of S-vacancies and B dopants

Q Li, Y Guo, Y Tian, W Liu, K Chu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a pivotal step in electrochemical N2 fixation to
NH3. VS2 holds great promise as a NRR electrocatalyst, but its high activity requires the …

Iron-group electrocatalysts for ambient nitrogen reduction reaction in aqueous media

B Ma, H Zhao, T Li, Q Liu, Y Luo, C Li, S Lu, AM Asiri… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is considered as an alternative to the
industrial Haber-Bosch process for NH 3 production due to both low energy consumption …

Bi2WO6 hollow microspheres with high specific surface area and oxygen vacancies for efficient photocatalysis N2 fixation

T Wang, C Feng, J Liu, D Wang, H Hu, J Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, Bi 2 WO 6 hollow microspheres containing oxygen vacancies (OVs-BWO) was
synthesized by a solvothermal template-free method. Raman, EPR and XPS spectra provide …

Synergy effect between adsorption and heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like catalysis on LaFeO3/lignin-biochar composites for high efficiency degradation of ofloxacin …

X Chen, M Zhang, H Qin, J Zhou, Q Shen… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The perovskite-type LaFeO 3 serves as a promising photo-Fenton-like catalyst, but its low
adsorption ability and catalytic activity inhibit the effective removal of ofloxacin. Herein, the …

A general strategy to boost electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction on perovskite oxides via the oxygen vacancies derived from A‐site deficiency

K Chu, F Liu, J Zhu, H Fu, H Zhu, Y Zhu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions is an attractive
strategy for green synthesis of NH3. Due to the ultra‐stable N N covalent triple bond, it is …