A New Catalytic Shortcut Turns Nitrogen Into Ammonia with Record Efficiency
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<img src="https://www.newswise.com/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.newswise.com/pio/articles/857933/6aeb0ebe4a532_1_857933.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />Ammonia is essential for global agriculture, but its production via the Haber-Bosch process is energy-intensive and emits vast amounts of CO₂. Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction offers a greener alternative, yet breaking nitrogen's stubborn triple bond under mild conditions has remained a major hurdle. Now, researchers have introduced a conceptually novel mechanism--hydroxide-activated hydrogen spillover--that dramatically simplifies the reaction pathway, enabling efficient ammonia synthesis at ambient conditions.
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