Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction
Hengcong Tao,Changhyeok Choi,Liang-Xin Ding,Zheng Jiang,Zishan Han,Mingwen Jia,Qun Fan,Yunnan Gao,Haihui Wang,Alex W. Robertson,Song Hong,Yousung Jung,Shizhen Liu,Zhenyu Sun +13 more
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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.About:
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.read more
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Silica-Assisted Fabrication of N-doped Porous Carbon for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation
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Amorphous NiSb2O6– nanofiber: a d-/p-block Janus electrocatalyst toward efficient NH3 synthesis through boosted N2 adsorption and activation
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Efficient ambient ammonia synthesis by Lewis acid pair over cobalt single atom catalyst with suppressed proton reduction
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TL;DR: In this article , positively charged single cobalt atoms anchored by positive charge were used to improve the ammonia yield and Faraday efficiency of ambient electrochemical nitrogen fixation in the Haber-Bosch process.
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Perspectives on electrochemical nitrogen fixation catalyzed by two-dimensional MXenes
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Metal-organic framework-based single-atom catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions
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Electrochemical Reduction of N2 under Ambient Conditions for Artificial N2 Fixation and Renewable Energy Storage Using N2/NH3 Cycle
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