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Advancements in dinitrogen activation for catalytic breakthroughs

Vamsi Vikram Gande, Nishithan C. Kani, Ishita Goyal, Rohit Chauhan, Yancun Qi, Samuel Olusegun, Joseph A. Gauthier, Meenesh R. Singh

EES Catalysis · 2025 · 15 citations · 188 references

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This review highlights emerging low-carbon methods for N 2 activation—biological, electrochemical, plasma, and thermochemical—enabled by advances in catalysis, modeling, and spectroscopy. These innovations support a circular nitrogen economy.

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