Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential, Published online: 21 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08120-x

While direct N2 reduction using electrochemistry offers an appealing method to obtain usable nitrogen, materials typically show poor activities and efficiencies. Here, authors demonstrate a single-atom catalyst, iron on N-doped carbon, to have dramatically enhanced N2 reduction efficiencies.

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