Overcoming Chemical Inertness under Ambient Conditions: A Critical View on Recent Developments in Ammonia Synthesis via Electrochemical N 2 Reduction by Asking Five Questions

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

(2019) Mengfan Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Ambient Electrosynthesis of Ammonia on a Biomass-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Electrocatalyst: Contribution of Pyridinic Nitrogen

(2019) Cuijiao Zhao et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Photoelectrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia on the Aerophilic-Hydrophilic Heterostructure with 37.8% Efficiency

(2019) Jianyun Zheng et al.   Chem

Catalyst-free, highly selective synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and water by a plasma electrolytic system

(2019) Ryan Hawtof et al.   Science Advances

Two-Dimensional Mosaic Bismuth Nanosheets for Highly Selective Ambient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction

(2019) Laiquan Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet for effective ambient N2 fixation to NH3

(2019) Ya Zhang et al.   Nano Research

Oxygen Vacancies of Cr-Doped CeO2 Nanorods That Efficiently Enhance the Performance of Electrocatalytic N2 Fixation to NH3 under Ambient Conditions

(2019) Hongtao Xie et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A rigorous electrochemical ammonia synthesis protocol with quantitative isotope measurements

(2019) Suzanne Z. Andersen et al.   NATURE

Homogeneous, Heterogeneous, and Biological Catalysts for Electrochemical N2 Reduction toward NH3 under Ambient Conditions

(2019) Huimin Liu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Boron Nanosheet: An Elemental Two-Dimensional (2D) Material for Ambient Electrocatalytic N2-to-NH3 Fixation in Neutral Media

(2019) Xiaoxue Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Oxygen Vacancies in Ta2O5 Nanorods for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to NH3 under Ambient Conditions

(2019) Wenzhi Fu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Oxygen‐Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheet for Efficient N 2 Fixation to NH 3 at Ambient Conditions

(2019) Jiayin Chen et al.   ChemistrySelect

Effects of Carbon Pore Size on the Contribution of Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Phase Transitions to Energy Storage in Supercapacitors

(2019) Konstantin Schutjajew et al.   Frontiers in Materials

Enhanced Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction via Partial Anion Substitution in Titanium Oxide-Carbon Composites

(2019) Qing Qin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Greatly Improving Electrochemical N2 Reduction over TiO2 Nanoparticles by Iron Doping

(2019) Tongwei Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Concept of “Noble, Heteroatom-Doped Carbons,” Their Directed Synthesis by Electronic Band Control of Carbonization, and Applications in Catalysis and Energy Materials

(2018) Markus Antonietti et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defect Engineering Metal-Free Polymeric Carbon Nitride Electrocatalyst for Effective Nitrogen Fixation under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Chade Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Amorphous Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalyst that Enables Nitrogen Fixation under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Chade Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrochemical N2 fixation to NH3 under ambient conditions: Mo2N nanorod as a highly efficient and selective catalyst

(2018) Xiang Ren et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Rational design of electrocatalysts and photo(electro)catalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NH3) under ambient conditions

(2018) Chunxian Guo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ambient ammonia synthesis via palladium-catalyzed electrohydrogenation of dinitrogen at low overpotential

(2018) Jun Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Facile Ammonia Synthesis from Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions on N-Doped Porous Carbon

(2018) Yanming Liu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Suppression of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Electrochemical N2 Reduction Using Single-Atom Catalysts: A Computational Guideline

(2018) Changhyeok Choi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Anchoring PdCu Amorphous Nanocluster on Graphene for Electrochemical Reduction of N2 to NH3 under Ambient Conditions in Aqueous Solution

(2018) Miao-Miao Shi et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

(2018) Xiaoyang Cui et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Toward the Experimental Understanding of the Energy Storage Mechanism and Ion Dynamics in Ionic Liquid Based Supercapacitors

(2018) Runyu Yan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Atomically dispersed Au 1 catalyst towards efficient electrochemical synthesis of ammonia

(2018) Xiaoqian Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Rational Electrode–Electrolyte Design for Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Bryan H. R. Suryanto et al.   ACS Energy Letters

A physical catalyst for the electrolysis of nitrogen to ammonia

(2018) Yang Song et al.   Science Advances

Favoring the unfavored: Selective electrochemical nitrogen fixation using a reticular chemistry approach

(2018) Hiang Kwee Lee et al.   Science Advances

Nitrogen Fixation Reaction Derived from Nanostructured Catalytic Materials

(2018) Shengyao Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Storing electricity as chemical energy: beyond traditional electrochemistry and double-layer compression

(2018) Markus Antonietti et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride Nanoparticles

(2018) Xuan Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molybdenum Carbide Nanodots Enable Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Hui Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Adjusting the Structure and Electronic Properties of Carbons for Metal-Free Carbocatalysis of Organic Transformations

(2018) Markus Antonietti et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ammonia Synthesis Under Ambient Conditions: Selective Electroreduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia on Black Phosphorus Nanosheets

(2018) Lili Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cover Picture: Discovery of Elusive K4 O6 , a Compound Stabilized by Configurational Entropy of Polarons (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2019)

(2018) Christoph Freysoldt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

(2018) Lili Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mo2TiC2 MXene: A Promising Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis

(2018) Yijing Gao et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

A Biomass-Derived Carbon-Based Electrocatalyst for Efficient N2 Fixation to NH3 under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Hong Huang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Atmospheric Plasma-Assisted Ammonia Synthesis Enhanced via Synergistic Catalytic Absorption

(2018) Peng Peng et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

High-Performance N2-to-NH3 Conversion Electrocatalyzed by Mo2C Nanorod

(2018) Xiang Ren et al.   ACS Central Science

Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

(2018) Hengcong Tao et al.   Chem

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

(2018) Antonio José Martín et al.   Chem

Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids

(2017) Fengling Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

(2017) Jingxiang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ammonia Synthesis on Wool-Like Au, Pt, Pd, Ag, or Cu Electrode Catalysts in Nonthermal Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma of N2 and H2

(2017) Masakazu Iwamoto et al.   ACS Catalysis

Photon-Driven Nitrogen Fixation: Current Progress, Thermodynamic Considerations, and Future Outlook

(2017) Andrew J. Medford et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalyst: NH 3 as an Energy Carrier

(2017) Jianping Guo et al.   Chem

One-Pot Synthesis of Freestanding Porous Palladium Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Formic Acid Oxidation

(2016) Xiaoyu Qiu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrochemical Reduction of N2under Ambient Conditions for Artificial N2Fixation and Renewable Energy Storage Using N2/NH3Cycle

(2016) Di Bao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nitrogenase bioelectrocatalysis: heterogeneous ammonia and hydrogen production by MoFe protein

(2016) Ross D. Milton et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Design Principles for Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Metal-Air Batteries

(2015) Zhenghang Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Challenge of Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: A New Perspective on the Role of Nitrogen Scaling Relations

(2015) Joseph H. Montoya et al.   ChemSusChem

Nitrogen Activation in a Mars–van Krevelen Mechanism for Ammonia Synthesis on Co3Mo3N

(2015) Constantinos D. Zeinalipour-Yazdi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Enabling electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia at ambient conditions through rational catalyst design

(2015) Younes Abghoui et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Electroreduction of N2 to Ammonia at Ambient Conditions on Mononitrides of Zr, Nb, Cr, and V: A DFT Guide for Experiments

(2015) Younes Abghoui et al.   ACS Catalysis

Face the Edges: Catalytic Active Sites of Nanomaterials

(2015) Bing Ni et al.   Advanced Science

Supercapacitive Swing Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide

(2014) Berenika Kokoszka et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Challenges in reduction of dinitrogen by proton and electron transfer

(2014) Cornelis J. M. van der Ham et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Origin of the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activity of Graphene-Based Catalysts: A Roadmap to Achieve the Best Performance

(2014) Yan Jiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ammonia synthesis by N2 and steam electrolysis in molten hydroxide suspensions of nanoscale Fe2O3

(2014) S. Licht et al.   SCIENCE

Review of electrochemical ammonia production technologies and materials

(2013) S. Giddey et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials as non-metal electrocatalysts for water oxidation

(2013) Yong Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

(2012) David R. Weinberg et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Solubility of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ethane, and nitrogen in 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium and trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate (eFAP) ionic liquids

(2012) S. Stevanovic et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS

African agriculture: Dirt poor

(2012) Natasha Gilbert   NATURE

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

Solid-state electrochemical synthesis of ammonia: a review

(2011) Ibrahim A. Amar et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY

A theoretical evaluation of possible transition metal electro-catalysts for N2reduction

(2011) Egill Skúlason et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

X-ray Emission Spectroscopy Evidences a Central Carbon in the Nitrogenase Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor

(2011) K. M. Lancaster et al.   SCIENCE

Concerted Proton−Electron Transfers: Electrochemical and Related Approaches

(2010) Cyrille Costentin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia from steam and nitrogen at atmospheric pressure

(2009) A. Skodra et al.   SOLID STATE IONICS

Preparation, proton conduction, and application in ammonia synthesis at atmospheric pressure of La0.9Ba0.1Ga1–x Mg x O3–α

(2008) Cheng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

(2008) Jan Willem Erisman et al.   Nature Geoscience

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE