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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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Atomically dispersed metal catalysts for electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

TL;DR: The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) is considered as an environmentally friendly approach to synthesize ammonia (NH3) under ambient conditions as discussed by the authors , however, the undesirable NH3 yield rate and Faraday efficiency makes...
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Sustainable nitrogen fixation over Ru single atoms decorated Cu2O using electrons produced from photoelectrocatalytic organics degradation

TL;DR: In this article , photoanode instead of dark anode was used to reduce the energy consumption of NH3 synthesis, and the power input for driving charge transfer can be partially or even eliminated completely depending on the Fermi level of photoanodes.
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Single atom catalysis for electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

TL;DR: In this article , a review points out major challenges and outlook of NH 3 synthesis via SACs and summarises the deficiencies of existing research can help researchers to continuously innovate and improve, and explore new research approaches.
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Boron phosphide as an efficient metal-free catalyst for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia.

TL;DR: Boron phosphide (BP) was explored as an efficient metal-free catalyst towards the NO3RR, delivering the highest NH3-faradaic efficiency of 96.3% with a corresponding NH3 yield rate of 3.1 mg h-1 cm-2 as mentioned in this paper .
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Recent Advances in Designing Efficient Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia

TL;DR: In this article , a detailed overview of the recent progress in NO3 −RR for NH3 production with precious group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, PGM-free electrocar catalysts, and nonmetal electrocatalyststs is summarized.
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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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