Communications Chemistry (Jan 2021)

Efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia with aqueous silver nanodots

  • Wenyi Li,
  • Ke Li,
  • Yixing Ye,
  • Shengbo Zhang,
  • Yanyan Liu,
  • Guozhong Wang,
  • Changhao Liang,
  • Haimin Zhang,
  • Huijun Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00449-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Nano-sized catalysts are useful for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction, but loading the particles on electrode substrates can limit catalytic performance. Here, the authors report nitrogen to ammonia electroreduction mediated by silver nanodots dispersed in an aqueous solution.