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Oxygen‐Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheet for Efficient N 2 Fixation to NH 3 at Ambient Conditions
Author(s) -
Chen Jiayin,
Huang Hong,
Xia Li,
Xie Hongtao,
Ji Lei,
Wei Peipei,
Zhao Runbo,
Chen Hongyu,
Asiri Abdullah M.,
Sun Xuping
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201900253
Subject(s) - inert gas , hydrogen , materials science , catalysis , nanosheet , inert , carbon fibers , oxygen , greenhouse gas , nitrogenase , sulfur , chemical engineering , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , nitrogen fixation , metallurgy , nitrogen , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material , engineering , ecology , biology
NH 3 is one of the largest‐volume industrial chemicals synthesized in the world.[1][V. Smil, 1999] It not only is a kind of important chemical base materials to produce fertilizers, plastics and explosives, but also can serve as a clean energy carrier with high hydrogen content for a sustainable energy supply.[2][R. Schlögl, 2003] N 2 is the most abundant gas in atmosphere, but its inert character caused by the strong triple bond, impedes itself from being converted to NH 3 . In nature, this shortcoming is overcome by biological N 2 fixation utilizing nitrogenase enzymes.[3][B. K. Burgess, 1996] Industrially, fixation of N 2 ‐to‐NH 3 prevailingly depends on Haber‐Bosch process using Ru‐ or Fe‐based catalysts, but this process consumes large energy and emits heavy carbon which increases crisis of global warming.[4][, ]