Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations
- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)
- Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Nitrogen is fundamental to all of life and many industrial processes. The interchange of nitrogen oxidation states in the industrial production of ammonia, nitric acid, and other commodity chemicals is largely powered by fossil fuels. Here, a key goal of contemporary research in the field of nitrogen chemistry is to minimize the use of fossil fuels by developing more efficient heterogeneous, homogeneous, photo-, and electrocatalytic processes or by adapting the enzymatic processes underlying the natural nitrogen cycle. These approaches, as well as the challenges involved, are discussed in this Review.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1440394
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA--2700-70628
- Journal Information:
- Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6391 Vol. 360; ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAASCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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