A single-site iron catalyst with preoccupied active centers that achieves selective ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

2021/01/01 by Panpan Li, Zhaoyu Jin, Zhiwei Fang +1 · 13 citations
Chemical Engineering · Chemistry · Energy · #Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques #Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction #Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

paper · doi:10.1039/d1ee00545f

openalex publication_date 2021/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Isolated Fe sites achieve enhanced intrinsic activity for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia with ∼100% selectivity, which effectively inhibit water dissociation through a nitrate-preoccupation mechanism.

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