The challenge of electrochemical ammonia synthesis: A new perspective on the role of nitrogen scaling relations

ChemSusChem

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2180-2186

  Montoya, Joseph H ^a   Tsai, Charlie ^a   Vojvodic, Aleksandra ^a,b   Nørskov, Jens K ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Catalyst design; Density functional theory; Electrocatalysis; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; CATALYSTS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; REDUCTION; TRANSITION METALS; FERTILIZERS;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMMONIA SYNTHESIS; CATALYST DESIGNS; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; SCALING RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TWO-VARIABLE DESCRIPTION; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS OF AMMONIA;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 84936867394     PISSN: 18645631     EISSN: 1864564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201500322     Document Type: Article

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