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

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 3485 - 8
• Main Authors: Qiu, Weibin, Xie, Xiao-Ying, Qiu, Jianding, Fang, Wei-Hai, Liang, Ruping, Ren, Xiang, Ji, Xuqiang, Cui, Guanwei, Asiri, Abdullah M., Cui, Ganglong, Tang, Bo, Sun, Xuping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.08.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/131; 140/133; 140/146; 147/135; 147/143; 639/301/299/161; 639/638/77/886; Ammonia; Boron; Boron carbide; Catalysis; Catalysts; Chemical reduction; Density functional theory; Electrocatalysts; Electrochemistry; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen-based energy; multidisciplinary; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Organic chemistry; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Stability analysis

Conversion of naturally abundant nitrogen to ammonia is a key (bio)chemical process to sustain life and represents a major challenge in chemistry and biology. Electrochemical reduction is emerging as a sustainable strategy for artificial nitrogen fixation at ambient conditions by tackling the hydrog...