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
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
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722-727Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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