Xiongyi Liang*, Chi-Man Lawrence Wu
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 113-113, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05079
Abstract Ammonia (NH3) plays an essential role in agriculture to meet global population explosion. Although the atmosphere consists of more than 78% of Nitrogen (N2), industrial NH3 synthesis from atmospheric N2 gas requires harsh conditions of temperature (700~850 K) and pressure (50~200 atm), which annually consuming 2% of the world’s power. Recently, an electrocatalytic NH3 fixation process under ambient condition was introduced. With this, six protons and electrons are gradually added (6H+ + 6e- + N2= 2NH3), instead of breaking the triple bonds of N2 in the traditional method, thus saving dramatic amount of energy. Along this theme, the synthesis of… More >