Roads less traveled: Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst design strategies for improved selectivity
Abstract
Direct electrochemical nitrogen reduction for ammonia production is necessary to reduce the use of fossil fuels from conventional Haber–Bosch methods. Applications of nitrogen reduction electrocatalysts remain inhibited by slow reaction kinetics and low faradaic efficiencies because of competitive H2 production pathways. Current strategies to address this challenge in selectivity have focused on catalyst design, reactor configuration, and electrolyte conditions. This brief review discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic challenges in the field as well as current underused approaches for selective catalyst development including bimetallic catalysts, transition metal nitrides, and carbon supports.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
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- OSTI ID: 1817281
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- LA-UR-20-25145
Journal ID: ISSN 2451-9103
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- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
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- Journal Volume: 28; Journal ID: ISSN 2451-9103
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- Elsevier
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- United States
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- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Energy Sciences; Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst; Transition metal nitride catalystsl; Bimetallic catalysts
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Mukundan, Rangachary, Pilania, Ghanshyam, Ramaiyan, Kannan, Banerjee, Amitava, Kreller, Cortney, and Ceballos, Bianca Myraih. Roads less traveled: Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst design strategies for improved selectivity. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100723.
Mukundan, Rangachary, Pilania, Ghanshyam, Ramaiyan, Kannan, Banerjee, Amitava, Kreller, Cortney, & Ceballos, Bianca Myraih. Roads less traveled: Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst design strategies for improved selectivity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100723
Mukundan, Rangachary, Pilania, Ghanshyam, Ramaiyan, Kannan, Banerjee, Amitava, Kreller, Cortney, and Ceballos, Bianca Myraih. Sat .
"Roads less traveled: Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst design strategies for improved selectivity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100723. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1770110.
@article{osti_1770110,
title = {Roads less traveled: Nitrogen reduction reaction catalyst design strategies for improved selectivity},
author = {Mukundan, Rangachary and Pilania, Ghanshyam and Ramaiyan, Kannan and Banerjee, Amitava and Kreller, Cortney and Ceballos, Bianca Myraih},
abstractNote = {Direct electrochemical nitrogen reduction for ammonia production is necessary to reduce the use of fossil fuels from conventional Haber–Bosch methods. Applications of nitrogen reduction electrocatalysts remain inhibited by slow reaction kinetics and low faradaic efficiencies because of competitive H2 production pathways. Current strategies to address this challenge in selectivity have focused on catalyst design, reactor configuration, and electrolyte conditions. This brief review discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic challenges in the field as well as current underused approaches for selective catalyst development including bimetallic catalysts, transition metal nitrides, and carbon supports.},
doi = {10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100723},
journal = {Current Opinion in Electrochemistry},
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volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2021}
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