Recent progress in electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NRR)

Z Huang, M Rafiq, AR Woldu, QX Tong, D Astruc… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an essential raw ingredient for fertilizers, a carbon-free hydrogen carrier, and an
alternative fuel. The natural process of producing ammonia cannot meet the rapidly growing …

Identification and elimination of false positives in electrochemical nitrogen reduction studies

J Choi, BHR Suryanto, D Wang, HL Du… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Ammonia is of emerging interest as a liquefied, renewable-energy-sourced energy carrier
for global use in the future. Electrochemical reduction of N2 (NRR) is widely recognised as …

Nitrogen reduction to ammonia at high efficiency and rates based on a phosphonium proton shuttle

BHR Suryanto, K Matuszek, J Choi, RY Hodgetts… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Ammonia (NH3) is a globally important commodity for fertilizer production, but its synthesis
by the Haber-Bosch process causes substantial emissions of carbon dioxide. Alternative …

Main-group elements boost electrochemical nitrogen fixation

L Li, C Tang, H Jin, K Davey, SZ Qiao - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Renewable-energy-derived electrocatalytic nitrogen (N 2) reduction reaction (NRR) is
practically promising for the production of green ammonia (NH 3). However, NRR is limited …

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 …

Methods for nitrogen activation by reduction and oxidation

H Iriawan, SZ Andersen, X Zhang, BM Comer… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The industrial Haber–Bosch process to produce ammonia (NH3) from dinitrogen
(N2) is crucial for modern society. However, N2 activation is inherently challenging and the …

Recent progress in electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen: strategies to improve the catalytic activity and selectivity

B Yang, W Ding, H Zhang, S Zhang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The modern ammonia synthesis industry founded by Haber–Bosch in 1913 has successfully
altered the history of food production, fed explosive population growth, and laid the …

How to explore ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reliably and insightfully

C Tang, SZ Qiao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient activation of dinitrogen for the production of ammonia plays a crucial role in our
modern society, considering the significant impact of ammonia on food, chemicals, and …

Building up a picture of the electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction activity of transition metal single-atom catalysts

X Liu, Y Jiao, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The lack of chemical understanding and efficient catalysts impedes the development of
electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) for ammonia production. In this work, we …

An electrochemical haber-bosch process

V Kyriakou, I Garagounis, A Vourros, E Vasileiou… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Ammonia, produced via the Haber-Bosch (HB) process, is globally the leading chemical in
energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. In ammonia plants, hydrogen is …