Ambient Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrogen and Water Catalyzed by Flower‐Like Gold Microstructures

• Published in: ChemSusChem Vol. 11; no. 19; pp. 3480 - 3485
• Main Authors: Wang, Ziqiang, Li, Yinghao, Yu, Hongjie, Xu, You, Xue, Hairong, Li, Xiaonian, Wang, Hongjing, Wang, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 11.10.2018
• Subjects: ambient conditions; Ammonia; Chemical reduction; Chemical synthesis; electrocatalysis; Electrocatalysts; Flowers; Gold; Haber Bosch process; Nitrogen; nitrogen reduction reaction; gold; ammonia; electrocatalysis; ambient conditions; nitrogen reduction reaction

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia is proposed as a promising alternative to the Haber–Bosch process because it can be driven by renewable electricity at ambient conditions. Currently, the development of such a process is hampered by the lack of efficient electrocatalysts for the nitrogen...