Salting-out effect promoting highly efficient ambient ammonia synthesis

The electroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia offers a promising alternative to the Haber–Bosch process but suffers from low activity and selectivity. Here, authors demonstrate that triggering a salting-out effect in a highly concentrated electrolyte can achieve highly efficient ammonia synthesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mengfan Wang, Sisi Liu, Haoqing Ji, Tingzhou Yang, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23360-0
Description
Summary:The electroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia offers a promising alternative to the Haber–Bosch process but suffers from low activity and selectivity. Here, authors demonstrate that triggering a salting-out effect in a highly concentrated electrolyte can achieve highly efficient ammonia synthesis.
ISSN:2041-1723