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 …

In situ self-reconstruction inducing amorphous species: A key to electrocatalysis

J Liu, L Guo - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
Electrocatalysis provides an advisable way to build a clean energy future by rationally
manipulating energy conversion and storage. Monitoring probable changes of catalytic …

Progress of experimental and computational catalyst design for electrochemical nitrogen fixation

Z Chen, C Liu, L Sun, T Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Large-scale ammonia synthesis via the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR)
under mild reaction conditions represents a green prospect for agriculture, industry, and …

Carbon-doped boron nitride nanosheets: A high-efficient electrocatalyst for ambient nitrogen reduction

C Ma, Y Zhang, S Yan, B Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract h-BN-based electrocatalysts with low-cost and high efficiency have a great potential
for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). The carbon-doped boron nitride (C …

Rational synthesis and regulation of hollow structural materials for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction

C Xue, X Zhou, X Li, N Yang, X Xin, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is known as a promising mean of
nitrogen fixation to mitigate the energy crisis and facilitate fertilizer production under mild …

[HTML][HTML] Facile synthesis of Cu2SnS3 nanocrystals for efficient nitrogen reduction reaction

X He, Z Ling, X Peng, X Yang, L Ma, S Lu - Electrochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conversion of naturally abundant nitrogen into ammonia in a sustainable way at room
temperature would be an ideal alternative to the currently dominant Haber–Bosch process …

Synergistic Interaction of MoS2 Nanoflakes on La2Zr2O7 Nanofibers for Improving Photoelectrochemical Nitrogen Reduction

MS Yu, SC Jesudass, S Surendran… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is a suitable hydrogen carrier with each molecule accounting for up to 17.65% of
hydrogen by mass. Among various potential ammonia production methods, we adopt the …

MXenes and their derivatives as nitrogen reduction reaction catalysts: recent progress and perspectives

T Amrillah, A Hermawan, VN Alviani, ZW Seh… - Materials Today Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
MXenes have become one of the most actively studied emerging materials. They hold a
great promise as efficient catalysts for chemical conversion and environmental purification …

Defected MoS2: An efficient electrochemical nitrogen reduction catalyst under mild conditions

C Ma, N Zhai, B Liu, S Yan - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the electrochemical N 2 reduction reaction (NRR) to NH 3 provides a promising
avenue for artificial N 2 fixation, building of efficient NRR electrocatalysts with high activity …

Promoting ambient ammonia electrosynthesis on modulated Cu δ+ catalysts by B-doping

L Wu, L Zhang, S Liu, J Feng, L Xu, X Tan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Moderate B-doped Cuδ+ sites have outstanding performance for electrocatalytic NO3−-to-
NH3. The faradaic efficiency can reach 96.8% with a current density of 26.3 mA cm− 2 and …