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Frontispiece: Electrochemical Reduction of N 2 to NH 3 at Low Potential by a Molecular Aluminum Complex
Author(s) -
Sherbow Tobias J.,
Thompson Emily J.,
Arnold Amela,
Sayler Richard I.,
Britt R. David,
Berben Louise A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201980261
Subject(s) - overpotential , electrochemistry , ammonia , electron transfer , reduction (mathematics) , ammonia production , catalysis , aluminium , ligand (biochemistry) , metal , benchmark (surveying) , materials science , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , electrode , metallurgy , mathematics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , receptor , geodesy , geography
Electrochemical generation of ammonia from nitrogen using renewable electricity is a desirable alternative to current NH 3 production methods. In this work, Berben and co‐workers benchmark the overpotential for N 2 reduction to NH 3 for previously reported catalysts. They also present their own approach to the electrochemical reduction of N 2 into NH 3 using a coordination complex of aluminum(III), which operates at a low reduction potential (−1.16 V vs. SCE). The frontispiece artwork highlights how ligand‐based proton and electron transfer can be used as a strategy to reduce operating potentials associated with metal‐centered hydride generation at highly Lewis basic metal centers. For more information, see the Communication by L. A. Berben et al. on page 454 ff.