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Novel Mn–Bi–S hybrid mesoporous nanosheets as an efficient electrocatalyst for nitrogen reduction reaction

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The journey of iron-based electrocatalytic materials for nitrogen reduction reaction: from current status to future prospects

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Accelerating the development of electrocatalysts for electrochemical nitrogen fixation through theoretical and computational approaches

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Interfacial engineering of CoMoO4@MoS2/CoS2 heterostructures for enhanced electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

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Electrocatalytic fixation of N2 into NO3−: electron transfer between oxygen vacancies and loaded Au in Nb2O5−x nanobelts to promote ambient nitrogen oxidation

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A simple hydrothermal synthesis of an oxygen vacancy-rich MnMoO4 rod-like material and its highly efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

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Hierarchical CoS2/MoS2 flower-like heterostructured arrays derived from polyoxometalates for efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction under ambient conditions

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Engineering CoMoO4 in reduced graphene oxide as superior cathode hosts for advanced room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries

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Fe-Porphyrin MOF with Intrinsic Unsaturated Coordination Metal Sites for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction

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Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 13956
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Optimizing oxygen vacancies through grain boundary engineering to enhance electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

Xiu Zhong, Enxian Yuan, Fu Yang, Yang Liu, Hao Lu, Jun Yang, Fei Gao, Yu Zhou, Jianming Pan, Jiawei Zhu, Chao Yu, Chengzhang Zhu, Aihua Yuan and Edison Huixiang Ang

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Mass transfer and electrochemical behavior of nitrate reduction to ammonia in electrocatalytic flow cell reactor

Yang Lv, Jiahe Chen, Panwei Bai, Tao Xie, Jingjun Liu, Honghui Ou and Guidong Yang

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Flower-Like Ni–Mn Bimetallic Oxide-Based Nanosheets for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia

Xiaoyan Huang, Xiujing Xing, Wei Xiong and Hao Li

Energy Fuels, 2023, 37, 19147
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Carbon nanotube coated with FeMoO4 composite catalyst for electrochemical Nitrogen reduction reaction to Ammonia at Ambient Conditions

Yu Tan, Yike Wei, Gaigai Liu, Yuhang Cai, Siyu Liu, Shijie Wang, Shenghan Zhang and Kexin Liang

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 96, 723
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Impact of oxygen‐defects induced electrochemical properties of three‐dimensional flower‐like CoMoO4 nanoarchitecture for supercapacitor applications

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Progress of Experimental and Computational Catalyst Design for Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation

Zhe Chen, Chunli Liu, Licheng Sun and Tao Wang

ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 8936
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Fe Foam-Supported FeS2–MoS2 Electrocatalyst for N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 55040
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Oxygen Vacancy Engineering of Fe-Doped NiMoO4 for Electrocatalytic N2 Fixation to NH3

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Electrocatalytic synthesis of ammonia using transition metal-based catalysts under ambient conditions: a review

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Advancement in integrated ammonia synthesis, and its techno-economic analysis, emission index, and contribution to the hydrogen 2.0 economy

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Recent advances of structure-performance relationship and improvement methods of catalysts for photochemical and electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to green ammonia

Junyan Chen, Bin Guan, Zhongqi Zhuang, Chunzheng Zheng, Jiefei Zhou, Tianxu Su, Yujun Chen, Chenyu Zhu, Xuehan Hu, Sikai Zhao, Jiangfeng Guo, Hongtao Dang, Yaoyao Zhang, Yuheng Yuan, Chao Yi, Chengze Xu, Bingyu Xu, Wenbo Zeng, Yuan Li, Kuangyi Shi, Yang He, Zhihao Wei and Zhen Huang

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Sulfurization enhancement of FeMoO4 for electrochemical ammonia synthesis with high Faradaic efficiency in neutral media

Yijun Li, Liangyu Ma, Yaxuan Fu, Cai Zhang, Yanfeng Shi, Yuanhong Xu and Jinghong Li

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2022, 905, 115981
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hierarchical CoMoO4 Nanostructures

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Recent progress in Green Ammonia: Production, applications, assessment; barriers, and its role in achieving the sustainable development goals

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Transition‐metal‐based Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia by Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: Advancing the Green Ammonia Economy

Riva Akter, Syed Shaheen Shah, Muhammad Ali Ehsan, M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh, Md. Hasan Zahir, Md. Abdul Aziz and A. J. Saleh Ahammad

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2024, 19
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Cu/Cu+ Synergetic Effect in Cu2O/Cu/CF Electrocatalysts for Efficient Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia

Zhaoran Shen, Jiabiao Yan, Min Wang, Lidan Xing, Bingji Huang, Hangyan Zhou, Wenbo Li, Lisong Chen and Jianlin Shi

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 9433
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Ammonia borane methanolysis for hydrogen evolution on Cu3Mo2O9/NiMoO4 hollow microspheres

Jinyun Liao, Yujie Wu, Youxiang Shao, Yufa Feng, Xuefeng Zhang, Wanling Zhang, Junhao Li, Ming Wu, Huafeng Dong, Quanbing Liu and Hao Li

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 449, 137755
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Iron phosphide nanoparticles anchored on N-doped carbon as efficient electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction reaction

Yang You, Lu-Hua Zhang, Bo Zhang and Fengshou Yu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 342, 127050
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Bimetallic zinc–cobalt ZIF derived hollow dodecahedral ZnCoS nanoparticles with Li+-mediated effect for enhanced electrochemical nitrogen fixation

Jiadong Li, Fang Chen, Fan Zhang, Yanduo Liu, Shaoqing Song and Xiaojun Han

Materials Today Energy, 2025, 52, 101953
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Synergistic Interaction of MoS2 Nanoflakes on La2Zr2O7 Nanofibers for Improving Photoelectrochemical Nitrogen Reduction

Min Seo Yu, Sebastian Cyril Jesudass, Subramani Surendran, Joon Young Kim, Uk Sim and Mi-Kyung Han

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 31889
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