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

Panpan Li, Zhaoyu Jin, Zhiwei Fang, Guihua Yu

Energy & Environmental Science · 2021 · 523 citations · 45 references

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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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