Synthesis of ammonia directly from air and water at ambient temperature and pressure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lan, Rong ^a   Irvine, John T S ^b   Tao, Shanwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; AMMONIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879903862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01145     Document Type: Article

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