Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia in solid electrolyte cells

Frontiers in Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Garagounis, Ioannis ^a,b   Kyriakou, Vasileios ^a,b   Skodra, Aglaia ^b   Vasileiou, Eirini ^a,b   Stoukides, Michael ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ammonia synthesis; Oxygen conductors; Proton conductors; Solid electrolytes; Solid state ammonia synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025171904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2014.00001     Document Type: Review

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