Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2022
Historique:
received: 21 11 2021
accepted: 13 07 2022
pubmed: 23 7 2022
medline: 24 9 2022
entrez: 22 7 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In addition to its use in the fertilizer and chemical industries

Identifiants

pubmed: 35868345
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05108-y
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05108-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

722-727

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Hoang-Long Du (HL)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Manjunath Chatti (M)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Rebecca Y Hodgetts (RY)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Pavel V Cherepanov (PV)

School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Cuong K Nguyen (CK)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Karolina Matuszek (K)

School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Douglas R MacFarlane (DR)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. douglas.macfarlane@monash.edu.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. douglas.macfarlane@monash.edu.

Alexandr N Simonov (AN)

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. alexandr.simonov@monash.edu.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. alexandr.simonov@monash.edu.

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