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

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Summary: The study successfully increased the yield and selectivity of NH3 in nitrogen reduction reaction by constructing FeNi2S4/NiS hetero-interface electrocatalysts with unique electronic structures through interface engineering. This research provides a new avenue for electrocatalytic research.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Strong catalyst support interactions in defect-rich γ-Mo2N nanoparticles loaded 2D-h-BN hybrid for highly selective nitrogen reduction reaction

David Kumar Yesudoss et al.

Summary: The research presents a single-step in-situ nitridation method for growing cubic molybdenum nitride nanoparticles on 2D hexagonal boron nitride sheets as a potential electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction (NRR). Fine-tuning the N-vacancies on h-BN sheets leads to the highest faradaic efficiency, and the non-noble metal-based hybrids exhibit stable performance. Controlling the defects to design the electronic structure of a catalyst could be an effective practice for selective NRR.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2021)

Article Electrochemistry

Catalyst-Support interactions enhanced electrochemical nitrogen reduction on Au/ZrO2

Jiankun Wei et al.

Summary: The study suggests a strategy to enhance the performance of ENRR catalyst through catalyst support interactions, which is verified experimentally. The transfer of electrons from the ZrO2 substrate to Au modifies the electronic structure of Au, enhancing the catalyst's activity.

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA (2021)

Article Chemistry, Applied

Highly active sites of NiVB nanoparticles dispersed onto graphene nanosheets towards efficient and pH-universal overall water splitting

Muhammad Arif et al.

Summary: The study developed high-performance non-noble metal electrocatalysts for pH-universal water splitting with low overpotential. The catalyst demonstrated excellent electrocatalytic performance in various pH conditions, showing promising potential for efficient water splitting.

JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY (2021)

Letter Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Enhancing the Supply of Activated Hydrogen to Promote Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation

Xuanang Bian et al.

Summary: The strategy of utilizing Pt-doped Ag nanoparticles supported on TiO2 to improve the supply of activated hydrogen for promoting photocatalytic N-2 fixation has successfully increased NH3 yield, and can be applied to other efficient catalysts for nitrogen fixation.

ACS MATERIALS LETTERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Applied

La-doped TiO2 nanorods toward boosted electrocatalytic N2-to-NH3 conversion at ambient conditions

Li Li et al.

Summary: The development of La-doped TiO2 nanorods as an efficient NRR electrocatalyst for ambient NH3 synthesis has resulted in high NH3 yield and Faradaic efficiency, outperforming previous La- and Ti-based catalysts.

CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Computational screening of MBene monolayers with high electrocatalytic activity for the nitrogen reduction reaction

Yameng Li et al.

Summary: This study investigates the electrocatalytic activity of six MB (M = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mo, and W) monolayers as catalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) using first-principles calculations. Three highly efficient NRR catalysts were identified: VB, CrB, and MoB monolayers. The most effective reaction pathways for the NRR were determined to be the alternating pathway on the VB monolayer with the end-on configuration, and the mixed I pathway on the CrB monolayer with the end-on configuration and on the MoB monolayer with the side-on configuration.

NANOSCALE (2021)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Strain-controlled single Cr-embedded nitrogen-doped graphene achieves efficient nitrogen reduction

Chao Lin et al.

Summary: This study proposed a new regulation mechanism by applying strain to change the coordination bond length of Cr-N in SACs, enabling quantitative regulation of the electronic state of the active center and achieving an ultra-low over-potential in the NRR. The lattice stretch can adjust the spin-polarization state of the single Cr atom, weakening the adsorption capacity of N-2 and ultimately achieving the desired outcome.

MATERIALS ADVANCES (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Defective/graphitic synergy in a heteroatom-interlinked-triggered metal-free electrocatalyst for high-performance rechargeable zinc-air batteries

Ghulam Yasin et al.

Summary: This study explores the synergistic reaction principles of heteroatom-interlinked-triggering nanomaterials in zinc-air batteries, achieving superior half-wave potential and lowest overpotential for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions, leading to enhanced catalytic efficiency.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

An amorphous WC thin film enabled high-efficiency N2 reduction electrocatalysis under ambient conditions

Shaoxiong Li et al.

Summary: The study proposes a new method for environmentally friendly NH3 synthesis in aqueous media and investigates a highly efficient NRR electrocatalyst. The catalyst shows high NH3 yield and faradaic efficiency, as well as excellent selectivity and durability for NH3 formation.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction: recent progress and prospects

Debabrata Chanda et al.

Summary: Ammonia is a key chemical in the fertilizer industry and a promising energy carrier for fuel cell applications, with efforts to find sustainable alternatives to traditional production methods. The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (ENRR) is seen as a green alternative to the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process, but challenges remain in the lack of highly efficient and cheap catalysts. Understanding catalyst activity, selectivity, and stability, as well as the mechanism of the ENRR process, is crucial for improving its efficiency.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Alkylthiol surface engineering: an effective strategy toward enhanced electrocatalytic N2-to-NH3 fixation by a CoP nanoarray

Zhaobai Du et al.

Summary: Surface engineering of a CoP nanoarray supported on a titanium mesh using hydrophobic octadecanethiol enhances the electrocatalytic activity for N-2-to-NH3 conversion. This strategy improves NH3 yield and FE while maintaining stability and durability, showing promising potential for renewable electricity storage.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear

CuS concave polyhedral superstructures enabled efficient N2 electroreduction to NH3 at ambient conditions

Shaoxiong Li et al.

Summary: CuS-CPSs have emerged as efficient electrocatalysts for artificial NH3 production, showing excellent selectivity and stability, with the best performance achieved at -0.15 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode.

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Understanding the lattice nitrogen stability and deactivation pathways of cubic CrN nanoparticles in the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

Wenhan Guo et al.

Summary: Transition metal nitrides (TMNs) show promising electrocatalytic performance in the nitrogen reduction reaction, but their deactivation process may involve either structural collapse of the catalyst leading to lattice nitrogen leaching and metal dissolution, or ammonia poisoning caused by the accumulation and strong bonding of ammonia produced on the surface.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Strategies to suppress hydrogen evolution for highly selective electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: challenges and perspectives

Yongwen Ren et al.

Summary: The translation provides an overview of the current status and challenges of the electrocatalytic N-2 reduction reaction (NRR) for ammonia synthesis, focusing on strategies for inhibiting the competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to achieve high NRR selectivity. The article also discusses strategies for suppressing H-2 evolution based on NRR mechanisms, kinetics, thermodynamics, and electrocatalyst design.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear

Layered double hydroxide derived bimetallic nickel-iron selenide as an active electrocatalyst for nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions

Shiyu Yang et al.

Summary: Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) provides a promising alternative to the Haber-Bosch process, but the synthesis of efficient NRR catalysts remains a challenge. This study presents a NiFe selenide catalyst with high electrocatalytic NRR activity and selectivity.

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Electrospun zirconia nanofibers for enhancing the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia by artificial nitrogen fixation

Jiaojiao Xia et al.

Summary: This study introduces electrospun zirconia nanofibers as a non-noble NRR electrocatalyst for converting nitrogen to ammonia. Theoretical calculations suggest that Zr sites with oxygen vacancies are favorable for nitrogen adsorption and reduction. Experimental results show a high NH3 formation rate and optimal faradaic efficiency in 0.1 M Na2SO4 at -0.7 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Photoelectrochemical reduction of N2 to NH3 under ambient conditions through hierarchical MoSe2@g-C3N4 heterojunctions

Muhammad Asim Mushtaq et al.

Summary: The hybrid MoSe2@g-C3N4 micro/nanostructures described in this study serve as efficient photoelectrochemical catalysts for fixing N-2 into NH3. The high activity is attributed to the hierarchical architecture, light-harvesting capability, tunable active sites, and formation of heterojunctions at the interface.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Theory-guided construction of electron-deficient sites via removal of lattice oxygen for the boosted electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia

Li Zhang et al.

Summary: The research focuses on rational design of catalytic sites to activate the inert N equivalent to N bond, leading to the construction of a NiFe-LDH nanosheet catalyst with a high density of electron-deficient sites achieved by introducing oxygen vacancies. This catalyst exhibited greatly improved electrocatalytic activity, with a high NH3 yield rate and outstanding stability, demonstrating a facile strategy to boost the N-2 reduction process.

NANO RESEARCH (2021)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation on FeMoO4 Nanorods

Ke Chu et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Vacancy Engineering of Iron-Doped W18O49 Nanoreactors for Low-Barrier Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction

Yueyu Tong et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Competition between CO2 Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution on a Gold Electrode under Well-Defined Mass Transport Conditions

Akansha Goyal et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Fe-doped Ni2P nanosheets with porous structure for electroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia under ambient conditions

Chengying Guo et al.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

The VN3 embedded graphane with the improved selectivity for nitrogen fixation

B. B. Xiao et al.

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent Advances and Challenges of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia

Geletu Qing et al.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate on Strained Ruthenium Nanoclusters

Jie Li et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Single Atoms of Iron on MoS2Nanosheets for N2Electroreduction into Ammonia

Hongyang Su et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Enhancing N2Fixation Activity by Converting Ti3C2MXenes Nanosheets to Nanoribbons

Hua Wei et al.

CHEMSUSCHEM (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Effects of AuCuB Catalysts with Porous Nanostructures on Electrosynthesis of Ammonia

Ziqiang Wang et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Bismuth hollow nanospheres for efficient electrosynthesis of ammonia under ambient conditions

Jiajun Wang et al.

JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Two-Dimensional Layered SnO2 Nanosheets for Ambient Ammonia Synthesis

Guangzhe Li et al.

ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Facet-Dependent Catalytic Performance of Au Nanocrystals for Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction

Weiqing Zhang et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Unsaturated p-Metal-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Nitrogen Reduction under Ambient Conditions

Yang Fu et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Hydrogen Spillover to Oxygen Vacancy of TiO2-xHy/Fe: Breaking the Scaling Relationship of Ammonia Synthesis

Chengliang Mao et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Rare-Earth Samarium Oxide Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia

Yonghua Cheng et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Fe, Mo N/C Hollow Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanorods as an Effective Electrocatalyst for N2 Reduction Reaction

Wen Ye et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Multiphasic 1T@2H MoSe2 as a highly efficient catalyst for the N2 reduction to NH3

Zhuangzhi Wu et al.

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Enhanced electrocatalytic N2-to-NH3 fixation by ZrS2 nanofibers with a sulfur vacancy

Tong Xu et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

ZrB2 as an earth-abundant metal diboride catalyst for electroreduction of dinitrogen to ammonia

Qingqing Li et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

An MOF-derived C@NiO@Ni electrocatalyst for N2 conversion to NH3 in alkaline electrolytes

Shijian Luo et al.

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Boosting the acidic electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction performance of MoS2 by strain engineering

Jiawei Liang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Graphdiyne coordinated transition metals as single-atom catalysts for nitrogen fixation

Zhen Feng et al.

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation

Di Zhao et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Coupling Cu with Au for enhanced electrocatalytic activity of nitrogen reduction reaction

Yongqin Liu et al.

NANOSCALE (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet for effective ambient N2 fixation to NH3

Ya Zhang et al.

NANO RESEARCH (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Discovery of hexagonal ternary phase Ti2InB2 and its evolution to layered boride TiB

Junjie Wang et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Ruthenium

Yao Yao et al.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2019)

Editorial Material Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

The Rise of MXenes

Yury Gogotsi et al.

ACS NANO (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Greatly Improving Electrochemical N2 Reduction over TiO2 Nanoparticles by Iron Doping

Tongwei Wu et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

New Mechanism for N2 Reduction: The Essential Role of Surface Hydrogenation

Chongyi Ling et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen: From Haber-Bosch to Ammonia Artificial Leaf

Antonio Jose Martin et al.

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

How to explore ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reliably and insightfully

Cheng Tang et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Boosting electrocatalytic N2 reduction by MnO2 with oxygen vacancies

Ling Zhang et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Electrochemical nitrogen fixation and utilization: theories, advanced catalyst materials and system design

Wenhan Guo et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Dendritic Cu: a high-efficiency electrocatalyst for N2 fixation to NH3 under ambient conditions

Chengbo Li et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations

Jingguang G. Chen et al.

SCIENCE (2018)

Review Chemistry, Physical

A Review of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions

Xiaoyang Cui et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2018)

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A physical catalyst for the electrolysis of nitrogen to ammonia

Yang Song et al.

SCIENCE ADVANCES (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride Nanoparticles

Xuan Yang et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2018)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Boosted Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to NH3 by Defect-Rich MoS2 Nanoflower

Xianghong Li et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2018)

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Greening Ammonia toward the Solar Ammonia Refinery

Lu Wang et al.

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Overcoming ammonia synthesis scaling relations with plasma-enabled catalysis

Prateek Mehta et al.

NATURE CATALYSIS (2018)

Editorial Material Chemistry, Physical

Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis-The Selectivity Challenge

Aayush R. Singh et al.

ACS CATALYSIS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Building Blocks for High Performance in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Materials, Optimization Strategies, and Device Engineering

Gaston O. Larrazabal et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Single Mo Atom Supported on Defective Boron Nitride Monolayer as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Fixation: A Computational Study

Jingxiang Zhao et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2017)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Combining theory and experiment in electrocatalysis: Insights into materials design

Zhi Wei Seh et al.

SCIENCE (2017)

Article Chemistry, Applied

Recent progress towards the electrosynthesis of ammonia from sustainable resources

Michael A. Shipman et al.

CATALYSIS TODAY (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Light-driven dinitrogen reduction catalyzed by a CdS:nitrogenase MoFe protein biohybrid

Katherine A. Brown et al.

SCIENCE (2016)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Challenges in reduction of dinitrogen by proton and electron transfer

Cornelis J. M. van der Ham et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2014)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Review of electrochemical ammonia production technologies and materials

S. Giddey et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY (2013)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Tuning the optical and electronic properties of colloidal nanocrystals by lattice strain

Andrew M. Smith et al.

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Investigation of multiplet splitting of Fe 2p XPS spectra and bonding in iron compounds

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