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

Metal-free black phosphorus nanosheets-decorated graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets with C P bonds for excellent photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

(2018) Pengxiang Qiu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Toward noble-metal-free visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: Monodisperse sub–15 nm Ni 2 P nanoparticles anchored on porous g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets to engineer 0D-2D heterojunction interfaces

(2018) Deqian Zeng et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Noble metal–metal oxide nanohybrids with tailored nanostructures for efficient solar energy conversion, photocatalysis and environmental remediation

(2017) Xueqin Liu 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

Unravelling charge carrier dynamics in protonated g-C3N4 interfaced with carbon nanodots as co-catalysts toward enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction: A combined experimental and first-principles DFT study

(2017) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   Nano Research

Preparation of the W18O49/g-C3N4 heterojunction catalyst with full-spectrum-driven photocatalytic N2 photofixation ability from the UV to near infrared region

(2017) Hongyu Liang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Surface engineering of graphitic carbon nitride polymers with cocatalysts for photocatalytic overall water splitting

(2017) Guigang Zhang et al.   Chemical Science

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

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

In situ construction of Z-scheme g-C3N4/Mg1.1Al0.3Fe0.2O1.7 nanorod heterostructures with high N2 photofixation ability under visible light

(2017) Yanjuan Wang et al.   RSC Advances

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

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

Ni12P5 nanoparticles embedded into porous g-C3N4 nanosheets as a noble-metal-free hetero-structure photocatalyst for efficient H2 production under visible light

(2017) Deqian Zeng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Freestanding atomically-thin two-dimensional materials beyond graphene meeting photocatalysis: Opportunities and challenges

(2017) Jun Di et al.   Nano Energy

Graphene/graphitic carbon nitride hybrids for catalysis

(2017) Qing Han et al.   Materials Horizons

Functional carbon nitride materials — design strategies for electrochemical devices

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

Particulate photocatalysts for overall water splitting

(2017) Shanshan Chen et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

2D/2D Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalysis: Why Does Face-to-Face Interface Matter?

(2017) Wee-Jun Ong   Frontiers in Materials

Earth-abundant catalysts for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting

(2017) Isolda Roger et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

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

Photo-Induced Bandgap Renormalization Governs the Ultrafast Response of Single-Layer MoS2

(2016) Eva A. A. Pogna et al.   ACS Nano

Nanometals for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion: From Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysis to Plasmon-Mediated Photocatalysis and Photo-Thermocatalysis

(2016) Xianguang Meng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Heterostructured AgX/g-C 3 N 4 (X = Cl and Br) nanocomposites via a sonication-assisted deposition-precipitation approach: Emerging role of halide ions in the synergistic photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

(2016) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Large-scale production of graphitic carbon nitride with outstanding nitrogen photofixation ability via a convenient microwave treatment

(2016) Huiqiang Ma et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Effect of Graphitic Carbon Nitride on the Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Ru Nanoparticles for Ammonia Synthesis

(2016) Zhanwei Ma et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Template-free method for synthesizing sponge-like graphitic carbon nitride with a large surface area and outstanding nitrogen photofixation ability induced by nitrogen vacancies

(2016) Guang Wu et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2over Heterostructure Semiconductors into Value-Added Chemicals

(2016) Ling-ju Guo et al.   CHEMICAL RECORD

Methods, Mechanism, and Applications of Photodeposition in Photocatalysis: A Review

(2016) Kasper Wenderich et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Hierarchical photocatalysts

(2016) Xin Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Efficient Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation over Carbon-Tungstic-Acid Hybrids

(2016) Xiaoman Li et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Hydrogenated Bismuth Molybdate Nanoframe for Efficient Sunlight-Driven Nitrogen Fixation from Air

(2016) Yuchen Hao et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Preparation of g-C3N4/ZnMoCdS hybrid heterojunction catalyst with outstanding nitrogen photofixation performance under visible light via hydrothermal post-treatment

(2016) Qian Zhang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Photocatalytic reduction of nitrogen to ammonia on diamond thin films grown on metallic substrates

(2016) Jason A. Bandy et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

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

CO2 photo-reduction: insights into CO2 activation and reaction on surfaces of photocatalysts

(2016) Xiaoxia Chang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Preparation of graphitic carbon nitride with large specific surface area and outstanding N 2 photofixation ability via a dissolve-regrowth process

(2016) Huiqiang Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

An Fe-N2 Complex That Generates Hydrazine and Ammonia via Fe═NNH2: Demonstrating a Hybrid Distal-to-Alternating Pathway for N2 Reduction

(2016) Jonathan Rittle et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2016) Hao Li et al.   Nanoscale

Nitrogenase-mimic iron-containing chalcogels for photochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia

(2016) Jian Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-driven dinitrogen reduction catalyzed by a CdS:nitrogenase MoFe protein biohybrid

(2016) K. A. Brown et al.   SCIENCE

Nanostructured photoelectrochemical solar cell for nitrogen reduction using plasmon-enhanced black silicon

(2016) Muataz Ali et al.   Nature Communications

Efficient and Stable Ammonia Synthesis by Self-Organized Flat Ru Nanoparticles on Calcium Amide

(2016) Yasunori Inoue et al.   ACS Catalysis

Nanowire Array Structures for Photocatalytic Energy Conversion and Utilization: A Review of Design Concepts, Assembly and Integration, and Function Enabling

(2016) Son Hoang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhancement in the photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride through hybridization with light-sensitive AgCl for carbon dioxide reduction to methane

(2016) Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Effect of sulfur vacancies on the nitrogen photofixation performance of ternary metal sulfide photocatalysts

(2016) Shaozheng Hu et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Photofixation of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia with a novel ternary metal sulfide catalyst under visible light

(2016) Yuhui Cao et al.   RSC Advances

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

Construction of g-C3N4/Zn0.11Sn0.12Cd0.88S1.12 Hybrid Heterojunction Catalyst with Outstanding Nitrogen Photofixation Performance Induced by Sulfur Vacancies

(2016) Shaozheng Hu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Erratum: Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion

(2016) Kevin Sivula et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

State-of-the-Art Progress in Diverse Heterostructured Photocatalysts toward Promoting Photocatalytic Performance

(2015) Haijin Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

2D Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide-Nanosheet-Based Composites for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

(2015) Qipeng Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymeric Photocatalysts Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride

(2015) Shaowen Cao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Heteroatom doped graphene in photocatalysis: A review

(2015) Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

A novel catalyst for ammonia synthesis at ambient temperature and pressure: Visible light responsive photocatalyst using localized surface plasmon resonance

(2015) Haisheng Zeng et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced quantum yield of nitrogen fixation for hydrogen storage with in situ-formed carbonaceous radicals

(2015) Weirong Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Graphene oxide as a structure-directing agent for the two-dimensional interface engineering of sandwich-like graphene–g-C3N4 hybrid nanostructures with enhanced visible-light photoreduction of CO2 to methane

(2015) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Heterojunction engineering of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) via Pt loading with improved daylight-induced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

(2015) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Band gap-tunable potassium doped graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced mineralization ability

(2015) Shaozheng Hu et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Visible-light driven heterojunction photocatalysts for water splitting – a critical review

(2015) Savio J. A. Moniz et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Photochemical Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia in Ambient Conditions with FeMoS-Chalcogels

(2015) Abhishek Banerjee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Ammonia synthesis at atmospheric pressure in a BaCe0.2Zr0.7Y0.1O2.9 solid electrolyte cell

(2015) E. Vasileiou et al.   SOLID STATE IONICS

Reaction Rate Enhancement During the Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Ammonia in a BaZr0.7Ce0.2Y0.1O2.9 Solid Electrolyte Cell

(2015) E. Vasileiou et al.   TOPICS IN 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

Surface charge modification via protonation of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) for electrostatic self-assembly construction of 2D/2D reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/g-C 3 N 4 nanostructures toward enhanced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

(2015) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   Nano Energy

Metal oxynitrides as emerging materials with photocatalytic and electronic properties

(2015) Amparo Fuertes   Materials Horizons

Semiconductor-based photocatalytic CO2 conversion

(2015) Michal Marszewski et al.   Materials Horizons

Plasmon-Induced Ammonia Synthesis through Nitrogen Photofixation with Visible Light Irradiation

(2014) Tomoya Oshikiri et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Exploring the limits: A low-pressure, low-temperature Haber–Bosch process

(2014) Aleksandra Vojvodic et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase: The Next Stage

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

Titanium Dioxide-Based Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Fuel Generations

(2014) Yi Ma 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

Facet-Dependent Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2-Based Composites for Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation

(2014) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   ChemSusChem

Advances in Understanding the Mechanism and Improved Stability of the Synthesis of Ammonia from Air and Water in Hydroxide Suspensions of Nanoscale Fe2O3

(2014) Fang-Fang Li et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The discovery of Mo(III) in FeMoco: reuniting enzyme and model chemistry

(2014) Ragnar Bjornsson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped TiO2 with exposed {001} facets on a graphene scaffold as photo-active hybrid nanostructures for reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

(2014) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   Nano Research

Hydrogen generation by water splitting on hematite (0001) surfaces: first-principles calculations

(2014) Haijun Pan et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Trion-Induced Negative Photoconductivity in MonolayerMoS2

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

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

(2014) S. Licht et al.   SCIENCE

Strategies for improving the efficiency of semiconductor metal oxide photocatalysis

(2014) Aleksandra B. Djurišić et al.   Materials Horizons

Roles of Cocatalysts in Photocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis

(2013) Jinhui Yang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Enhanced nitrogen photofixation on Fe-doped TiO2 with highly exposed (101) facets in the presence of ethanol as scavenger

(2013) Weirong Zhao et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Mechanistic aspects of dinitrogen cleavage and hydrogenation to produce ammonia in catalysis and organometallic chemistry: relevance of metal hydride bonds and dihydrogen

(2013) Hong-Peng Jia et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Photocatalytic CO2Reduction using Non-Titanium Metal Oxides and Sulfides

(2013) Sergio Navalón et al.   ChemSusChem

Mechanism of N2 Reduction to NH3 by Aqueous Solvated Electrons

(2013) Jeffrey R. Christianson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Catalytic Reduction of N2 to NH3 by an Fe–N2 Complex Featuring a C-Atom Anchor

(2013) Sidney E. Creutz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly reactive {001} facets of TiO2-based composites: synthesis, formation mechanism and characterization

(2013) Wee-Jun Ong et al.   Nanoscale

Engineering BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic applications

(2013) Hefeng Cheng et al.   Nanoscale

Catalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia by an iron model complex

(2013) John S. Anderson et al.   NATURE

Recent developments in the homogeneous reduction of dinitrogen by molybdenum and iron

(2013) K. Cory MacLeod et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photo-illuminated diamond as a solid-state source of solvated electrons in water for nitrogen reduction

(2013) Di Zhu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Electrical tuning of valley magnetic moment through symmetry control in bilayer MoS2

(2013) Sanfeng Wu et al.   Nature Physics

Dinitrogen Cleavage and Hydrogenation by a Trinuclear Titanium Polyhydride Complex

(2013) T. Shima et al.   SCIENCE

Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia directly from air and water using a Li+/H+/NH4+ mixed conducting electrolyte

(2013) Rong Lan et al.   RSC Advances

Control of valley polarization in monolayer MoS2 by optical helicity

(2012) Kin Fai Mak et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Artificial photosynthesis for solar water-splitting

(2012) Yasuhiro Tachibana et al.   Nature Photonics

Ammonia and related chemicals as potential indirect hydrogen storage materials

(2011) Rong Lan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy

(2011) Suljo Linic et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

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

Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

(2010) Xiaobo Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Heterogeneous Wet Chemical Synthesis of Superlattice-Type Hierarchical ZnO Architectures for Concurrent H2 Production and N2 Reduction

(2010) C. M. Janet et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Dinitrogen photofixation at ruthenium-modified titania films

(2010) Oksana P. Linnik et al.   MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS

A molybdenum complex bearing PNP-type pincer ligands leads to the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen into ammonia

(2010) Kazuya Arashiba et al.   Nature Chemistry

The Evolution and Future of Earth’s Nitrogen Cycle

(2010) Donald E. Canfield et al.   SCIENCE

Climbing Nitrogenase: Toward a Mechanism of Enzymatic Nitrogen Fixation

(2009) Brian M. Hoffman et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Nitrogen Cycle Electrocatalysis

(2009) Victor Rosca et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Visible-light-driven hydrogen production with extremely high quantum efficiency on Pt–PdS/CdS photocatalyst

(2009) Hongjian Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Molybdenum cofactors, enzymes and pathways

(2009) Günter Schwarz et al.   NATURE

Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia using a cell with a Nafion membrane and SmFe0.7Cu0.3−x Ni x O3 (x = 0−0.3) cathode at atmospheric pressure and lower temperature

(2009) GaoChao Xu et al.   Science in China. Series B, Chemistry

Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting

(2008) Akihiko Kudo et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

DFT calculations on the electronic structures of BiOX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) photocatalysts with and without semicore Bi 5dstates

(2008) Wen Lai Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Ammonia for hydrogen storage: challenges and opportunities

(2008) Asbjørn Klerke et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Enhancement of Photocatalytic H2Evolution on CdS by Loading MoS2as Cocatalyst under Visible Light Irradiation

(2008) Xu Zong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dinitrogen photofixation properties of different titanium oxides in conducting polymer/titanium oxide hybrid systems

(2007) K. Hoshino et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL