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 C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

X Peng, L Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Y Li, Z Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical C–N coupling reactions based on abundant small molecules (such as CO2
and N2) have attracted increasing attention as a new “green synthetic strategy” for the …

Continuous-flow electrosynthesis of ammonia by nitrogen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

X Fu, JB Pedersen, Y Zhou, M Saccoccio, S Li… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ammonia is a critical component in fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals and is an
ideal, carbon-free fuel. Recently, lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction has proven to be a …

Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

S Zhang, J Wu, M Zheng, X Jin, Z Shen, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of nitrate to ammonia offers an efficient approach to reducing
nitrate pollutants and a potential technology for low-temperature and low-pressure ammonia …

Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst

FY Chen, ZY Wu, S Gupta, DJ Rivera… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrochemically converting nitrate ions, a widely distributed nitrogen source in industrial
wastewater and polluted groundwater, into ammonia represents a sustainable route for both …

Pulsed nitrate-to-ammonia electroreduction facilitated by tandem catalysis of nitrite intermediates

P Li, R Li, Y Liu, M Xie, Z Jin, G Yu - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia offers a promising pathway for nutrient recycling and
recovery from wastewater with energy and environmental sustainability. There have been …

Dynamic reconstitution between copper single atoms and clusters for electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, Y Liu, X Zhu, S Bo, L Xiao, C Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrocatalytic C N coupling between carbon dioxide and nitrate has emerged to
meet the comprehensive demands of carbon footprint closing, valorization of waste, and …

Potential-driven restructuring of Cu single atoms to nanoparticles for boosting the electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia

J Yang, H Qi, A Li, X Liu, X Yang, S Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Restructuring is ubiquitous in thermocatalysis and of pivotal importance to identify the real
active site, yet it is less explored in electrocatalysis. Herein, by using operando X-ray …

Porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks anchoring Au single atoms for photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

T He, Z Zhao, R Liu, X Liu, B Ni, Y Wei… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of efficient photocatalysts for N2 fixation to produce NH3 under ambient
conditions remains a great challenge. Since covalent organic frameworks (COFs) possess …

Current progress in 2D metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalysis

U Khan, A Nairan, J Gao, Q Zhang - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The 2D nanosheets of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently emerged as a
promising material that makes them valuable in widespread electrocatalytic fields due to …