Recent Progress in 2D Catalysts for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Artificial Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia

Defective Carbon-Doped Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Conversion of N2 to NH3

(2020) Zhen Liu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Nanostructured photocatalysts for nitrogen fixation

(2020) Guoqiang Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

A Roadmap to the Ammonia Economy

(2020) Douglas R. MacFarlane et al.   Joule

The removal of inevitable NO species in catalysts and the selection of appropriate membrane for measuring electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis accurately

(2020) Huimin Liu et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Ammonia Detection Methods in Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Experiments: How to Improve the Reliability of NH3 Production Rates?

(2019) Yunxuan Zhao et al.   Advanced Science

Photocatalytic Fixation of Nitrogen to Ammonia by Single Ru Atom Decorated TiO2 Nanosheets

(2019) Shizhen Liu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet for effective ambient N2 fixation to NH3

(2019) Ya Zhang et al.   Nano Research

Tuning Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin TiO2 Nanosheets to Boost Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation up to 700 nm

(2019) Yunxuan Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defect‐Tailoring Mediated Electron–Hole Separation in Single‐Unit‐Cell Bi 3 O 4 Br Nanosheets for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Nitrogen Fixation

(2019) Jun Di et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Generating Defect-Rich Bismuth for Enhancing Rate of Nitrogen Electroreduction to Ammonia

(2019) Yue Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Surface Plasmon Enabling Nitrogen Fixation in Pure Water through a Dissociative Mechanism under Mild Conditions

(2019) Canyu Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A rigorous electrochemical ammonia synthesis protocol with quantitative isotope measurements

(2019) Suzanne Z. Andersen et al.   NATURE

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

A Versatile Method for Ammonia Detection in a Range of Relevant Electrolytes via Direct Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques

(2019) Adam C. Nielander et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2019) Jiayin Chen et al.   ChemistrySelect

Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic approaches towards atmospheric nitrogen reduction to ammonia under ambient conditions

(2019) Jude John et al.   Nano Convergence

Defect Engineering in Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation

(2019) Run Shi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction: Identification and Elimination of Contamination in Electrolyte

(2019) Laiquan Li et al.   ACS Energy Letters

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

(2019) Chengying Guo et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis via Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on a MoS2 Catalyst: Theoretical and Experimental Studies

(2018) Ling Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2018) Xiang Ren et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Emerging Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis

(2018) Huanyu Jin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Push and pull: the potential role of boron in N2 activation

(2018) Adam J. Ruddy et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

High-Efficiency “Working-in-Tandem” Nitrogen Photofixation Achieved by Assembling Plasmonic Gold Nanocrystals on Ultrathin Titania Nanosheets

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

Ag nanocrystals decorated g-C 3 N 4 /Nafion hybrid membranes: One-step synthesis and photocatalytic performance

(2018) Huoli Zhang et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Nitrogen fixation and reduction at boron

(2018) Marc-André Légaré et al.   SCIENCE

Role of Interfaces in Two-Dimensional Photocatalyst for Water Splitting

(2018) Tongming Su et al.   ACS Catalysis

High-Efficiency Electrosynthesis of Ammonia with High Selectivity under Ambient Conditions Enabled by VN Nanosheet Array

(2018) Rong Zhang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Interference Effect of Alcohol on Nessler’s Reagent in Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation

(2018) Xiang Gao et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Efficient Electrochemical N2 Reduction to NH3 on MoN Nanosheets Array under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Ling Zhang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Nitrogen-doped porous carbon: highly efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reversible catalysis and nitrogen reduction reaction

(2018) Xiaoxuan Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Surfactant-free atomically ultrathin rhodium nanosheet nanoassemblies for efficient nitrogen electroreduction

(2018) Hui-Min Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

MoO3 nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic N2 fixation to NH3

(2018) Jingrui Han et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photocatalytic fixation of nitrogen to ammonia: state-of-the-art advancements and future prospects

(2018) Xingzhu Chen et al.   Materials Horizons

Enabling Effective Electrocatalytic N2 Conversion to NH3 by the TiO2 Nanosheets Array under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Rong Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nitrogen Fixation Reaction Derived from Nanostructured Catalytic Materials

(2018) Shengyao Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ag nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic N2 fixation to NH3 under ambient conditions

(2018) Hehan Huang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

New opportunities for efficient N2 fixation by nanosheet photocatalysts

(2018) Hao Li et al.   Nanoscale

High-performance artificial nitrogen fixation at ambient conditions using a metal-free electrocatalyst

(2018) Weibin Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

High-Performance Electrohydrogenation of N2 to NH3 Catalyzed by Multishelled Hollow Cr2O3 Microspheres under Ambient Conditions

(2018) Ya Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2018) Xianghong Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ambient N2 fixation to NH3 at ambient conditions: Using Nb2O5 nanofiber as a high-performance electrocatalyst

(2018) Jingrui Han et al.   Nano Energy

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

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

Theoretical Evaluation of Possible 2D Boron Monolayer in N2 Electrochemical Conversion into Ammonia

(2018) Chuangwei Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Review on photocatalytic and electrocatalytic artificial nitrogen fixation for ammonia synthesis at mild conditions: Advances, challenges and perspectives

(2018) Xiaolan Xue et al.   Nano Research

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

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

Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitrogen to Ammonia with Water on Surface Oxygen Vacancies of Titanium Dioxide

(2017) Hiroaki Hirakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Operando Spectroscopic Analysis of CoP Films Electrocatalyzing the Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction

(2017) Fadl H. Saadi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Nitrate-to-Ammonia Transformation on Surface Defects of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts

(2017) Hiroaki Hirakawa et al.   ACS Catalysis

Efficient photocatalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia on bismuth monoxide quantum dots

(2017) Songmei Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Functional carbon nitride materials — design strategies for electrochemical devices

(2017) Fabian K. Kessler et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Solar Water Splitting and Nitrogen Fixation with Layered Bismuth Oxyhalides

(2016) Jie Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Facet-Dependent Photocatalytic N2 Fixation of Bismuth-Rich Bi5O7I Nanosheets

(2016) Yang Bai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photoprompted Hot Electrons from Bulk Cross-Linked Graphene Materials and Their Efficient Catalysis for Atmospheric Ammonia Synthesis

(2016) Yanhong Lu et al.   ACS Nano

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability?

(2016) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Promising prospects for 2D d2–d4 M3C2 transition metal carbides (MXenes) in N2 capture and conversion into ammonia

(2016) Luis Miguel Azofra et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Graphene Membranes for Atmospheric Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy

(2016) Robert S. Weatherup et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Graphene-like Two-Dimensional Ionic Boron with Double Dirac Cones at Ambient Condition

(2016) Fengxian Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Facet-dependent solar ammonia synthesis of BiOCl nanosheets via a proton-assisted electron transfer pathway

(2016) Hao Li et al.   Nanoscale

Construction of a 2D/2D g-C3N4/rGO hybrid heterojunction catalyst with outstanding charge separation ability and nitrogen photofixation performance via a surface protonation process

(2016) Shaozheng Hu et al.   RSC Advances

Metal-Free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2015) Liming Dai et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Efficient Visible Light Nitrogen Fixation with BiOBr Nanosheets of Oxygen Vacancies on the Exposed {001} Facets

(2015) Hao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Macroscopic and direct light propulsion of bulk graphene material

(2015) Tengfei Zhang et al.   Nature Photonics

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

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

Three-dimensionally bonded spongy graphene material with super compressive elasticity and near-zero Poisson’s ratio

(2015) Yingpeng Wu et al.   Nature Communications

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

Layered Double Hydroxide Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Renewable Energy Production

(2015) Yufei Zhao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Selective photocatalytic N2 fixation dependent on g-C3N4 induced by nitrogen vacancies

(2015) Guohui Dong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Tunable Oxygen Activation for Catalytic Organic Oxidation: Schottky Junction versus Plasmonic Effects

(2014) Ran Long et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Gas sensing properties and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy study of trichloroethylene adsorption and reactions on SnO2 films

(2014) Zhenxin Zhang et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Two-dimensional layered composite photocatalysts

(2014) Jingxiang Low et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase: The Next Stage

(2014) Brian M. Hoffman et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Challenges in reduction of dinitrogen by proton and electron transfer

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

Two dimensional conjugated polymers with enhanced optical absorption and charge separation for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

(2014) Mingwen Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Recent Progress in Two-Dimensional Oxide Photocatalysts for Water Splitting

(2014) Shintaro Ida et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Probing excitonic dark states in single-layer tungsten disulphide

(2014) Ziliang Ye et al.   NATURE

Trion-Induced Negative Photoconductivity in MonolayerMoS2

(2014) C. H. Lui et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nitrogenase: A Draft Mechanism

(2013) Brian M. Hoffman et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

In situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy study of formaldehyde adsorption and reactions on nano γ-Fe2O3 films

(2013) Kaijin Huang et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Photochemical Processes Revealed by X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

(2013) Lin X. Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets

(2013) Manish Chhowalla et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photoexcitation cascade and multiple hot-carrier generation in graphene

(2013) K. J. Tielrooij et al.   Nature Physics

Ultrafast collinear scattering and carrier multiplication in graphene

(2013) D. Brida et al.   Nature Communications

Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanosheets

(2012) Qiang Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Interaction between Eu(III) and Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Investigated by Batch and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy and by Modeling Techniques

(2012) Yubing Sun et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

MoS2Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2011) Yanguang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

IRON’S STAR RISING

(2010) STEPHEN K. RITTER   CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS

The Evolution and Future of Earth’s Nitrogen Cycle

(2010) Donald E. Canfield et al.   SCIENCE

Visible Light-Sensitive Cu(II)-Grafted TiO2 Photocatalysts: Activities and X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Analyses

(2009) Hiroshi Irie et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems

(2009) Rudi Berera et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

(2008) Xinchen Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS