Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 934-940

  Kitano, Masaaki ^a   Inoue, Yasunori ^a   Yamazaki, Youhei ^a   Hayashi, Fumitaka ^a   Kanbara, Shinji ^a   Matsuishi, Satoru ^a   Yokoyama, Toshiharu ^a   Kim, Sung Wng ^a,b   Hara, Michikazu ^a   Hosono, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84867872922     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1476     Document Type: Article

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