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Front Cover: Enhancement of Selective Fixation of Dinitrogen to Ammonia Under Modal Strong Coupling Conditions (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 15‐16/2020)
Author(s) -
Oshikiri Tomoya,
Shi Xu,
Misawa Hiroaki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.202000339
Subject(s) - chemistry , front cover , cathode , anode , ammonia , molecule , cover (algebra) , photochemistry , nanotechnology , coupling (piping) , optoelectronics , chemical engineering , chemical physics , electrode , composite material , organic chemistry , materials science , mechanical engineering , engineering
The Front Cover shows our attempt to enhance the ammonia photosynthesis efficiency both by increasing the electron supply using a novel photoanode composed of Au film, TiO 2 , and Au‐NPs (ATA) with hybrid energy states due to modal strong coupling and by increasing the surface area of the Zr cathode. The figure on the right shows the inside of the TiO 2 thin film of the ATA photoanode, looking up the Au‐NPs and down the Au film from a nanometer‐sized perspective through which the light is irradiated. The figure on the left shows that dinitrogen molecules are reduced to ammonia molecules on the Zr cathode. More information can be found in the Full Paper by H. Misawa et al. For more on the story behind the cover research, see the Cover Profile.