Subnanometric alkaline-earth oxide clusters for sustainable nitrate to ammonia photosynthesis

Jieyuan Li; Ruimin Chen; Jielin Wang; Ying Zhou; Guidong Yang; Fan Dong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28740-8

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Subnanometric alkaline-earth oxide clusters for sustainable nitrate to ammonia photosynthesis

Jieyuan Li,
Ruimin Chen,
Jielin Wang,
Ying Zhou,
Guidong Yang,
Fan Dong

Affiliations

Jieyuan Li: Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ruimin Chen: Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jielin Wang: Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ying Zhou: School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University
Guidong Yang: XJTU-Oxford Joint International Research Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Fan Dong: Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28740-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Photocatalytic reduction of waste nitrate offers an alternative route for ammonia production. Here the authors report BaO clusters on TiO2 for nitrate-ammonia photosynthesis with high ammonia yield.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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