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Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

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In this paper, single Ru sites supported on N-doped porous carbon greatly promoted electroreduction of aqueous N2 selectively to NH3, affording an NH3 formation rate of 3.665 m g N H 3 h − 1 m g Ru − 1 at −0.21 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode.
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This article is published in Chem.The article was published on 2019-01-10 and is currently open access. It has received 661 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reversible hydrogen electrode & Overpotential.

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Hetero-phase zirconia encapsulated with Au nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

TL;DR: In this paper , the phase composition of zirconia can be easily adjusted by simply changing the reaction temperature, where the monoclinic and tetragonal phases with the roughly close proportions have a distinct interface.
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Heterogenous Cu@ZrO2 nanofibers enable efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia under ambient conditions.

TL;DR: In this article , a Cu@ZrO2 heterogeneous structure was constructed as a new catalyst that achieves a large NH3 yield of 15.4 mg h-1 mg-1cat and a high faradaic efficiency of 67.6% at -0.7 V vs. RHE in 0.1 M PBS with 0. 1 M NaNO3.
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Electroreduction of CO2 to syngas with controllable H2/CO ratios in a wide potential range over Ni-N co-doped ultrathin carbon nanosheets

TL;DR: The conversion of CO2 to syngas (H2 and CO) via electrochemical reduction has been considered a promising strategy to mitigate the greenhouse effect as mentioned in this paper , however, it is a great challenge to...
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Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

TL;DR: In this article , the reaction mechanism of electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) synthesis of NH3, and the types of carbon-based nanomaterials are discussed and prospected.
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Effect of pH on the Electrochemical Behavior and Nitrogen Reduction Reaction Activity of Ti2N Nitride MXene

TL;DR: In this article , the effect of pH on NRR performance was investigated and the results indicated that the lowest NRR onset occurs within pH 2 systems exhibiting a nonlinear trend, however, as pH decreases, overpotential decreases, and kinetics increase due to H+ participation.
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Efficient Visible Light Nitrogen Fixation with BiOBr Nanosheets of Oxygen Vacancies on the Exposed {001} Facets

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that efficient fixation of N2 to NH3 can proceed under room temperature and atmospheric pressure in water using visible light illuminated BiOBr nanosheets of oxygen vacancies in the absence of any organic scavengers and precious-metal cocatalysts.
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A theoretical evaluation of possible transition metal electro-catalysts for N2 reduction

TL;DR: Density functional theory calculations were used in combination with the computational standard hydrogen electrode to calculate the free energy profile for the reduction of N(2) admolecules and N adatoms on several close-packed and stepped transition metal surfaces in contact with an acidic electrolyte.
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Ammonia synthesis from first-principles calculations.

TL;DR: The rate of ammonia synthesis over a nanoparticle ruthenium catalyst can be calculated directly on the basis of a quantum chemical treatment of the problem using density functional theory, and offers hope for computer-based methods in the search for catalysts.
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Electrochemical Reduction of N2 under Ambient Conditions for Artificial N2 Fixation and Renewable Energy Storage Using N2/NH3 Cycle

TL;DR: Using tetrahexahedral gold nanorods as a heterogeneous electrocatalyst, an electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction was shown to be possible at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, with a high Faradic efficiency up to 4.02% at -0.2 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode.
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The Challenge of Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: A New Perspective on the Role of Nitrogen Scaling Relations.

TL;DR: In this work, insights from DFT calculations that describe limitations on the low-temperature electrocatalytic production of NH3 from N2 are presented and new strategies for catalyst design are proposed that may help guide the search for an electrocatalyst that can achieve selective N2 reduction.
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