Issue 17, 2022

Recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrite reduction

Abstract

Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction is of great significance for wastewater treatment and value-added chemicals synthesis. This review highlights the latest progress in electrochemical nitrite reduction to produce two types of products, including gaseous products (NO, N2O, N2) and liquid products (NH2OH and NH4+). The heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts used in the corresponding reduction processes are introduced, with emphasis on the product selectivity regulation and reaction mechanism understanding. Finally, the challenges and opportunities in this field are analyzed as well. This review can provide guidelines for designing electrochemical systems with high efficiency and specificity for nitrite reduction.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrite reduction

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
29 11 2021
Accepted
21 1 2022
First published
22 1 2022

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 2777-2787

Recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrite reduction

X. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Guo, X. Xie, Y. Yu and B. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2777 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06690K

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