Ambient electrochemical N₂-to-NH₃ conversion catalyzed by TiO₂ decorated juncus effusus-derived carbon microtubes

Abstract

Electrocatalytic N2 reduction is a sustainable alternative to the Haber-Bosch process for ambient NH3 synthesis, but it needs efficient and stable catalysts. Herein, a hybrid of TiO2 and juncus effusus-derived...

Plasma-etched Ti2O3with oxygen vacancies for enhanced NH3electrosynthesis and Zn–N2batteries

“…3 The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has been considered as an attractive alternative to the energy-intensive H-B process for sustainable NH 3 production, but it normally suffers from inferior NH 3 yield and sluggish reaction kinetics due to the fierce competition of the H 2 evolution reaction (HER) and the chemical inertness of N 2 molecules. [4][5][6][7] Therefore, though highly desirable, it is extremely challenging to develop efficient NRR electrocatalysts.…”

Oxygen vacancies in Co3O4nanoarrays promote nitrate electroreduction for ammonia synthesis

“…Electrocatalytic N 2 reduction has emerged as an attractive alternative to the Haber-Bosch process in recent years. 1,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It can produce NH 3 from the reaction between H 2 O and N 2 under room conditions. Although many efforts have been devoted to it, the performance of the N 2 reduction reaction (NRR) is still 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than that of the Haber-Bosch process, giving it low industrial practicability.…”

Ambient N2-to-NH3fixation over a CeO2nanoparticle decorated three-dimensional carbon skeleton

“…These fitted peaks at binding energies of 289.2, 286.4, 285.6, and 284.8 eV belong to OC–OH, CO, C–C and CC, respectively. 36 The Ce 3d spectrum (Fig. 2c) can be divided into eight peaks; the two peaks at BEs of 884.9 and 903.3 eV are ascribed to Ce 3+ , and the other six at 882.8, 889.1, 898.9, 901.4, 908.2, and 917.3 eV can be indexed to Ce 4+ .…”