Limitations of Electrochemical Nitrogen Oxidation toward Nitrate
Hao Wan, Alexander Bagger, Jan Rossmeisl
Abstract
and *O as the rate-determining step (RDS). Following the RDS, a microkinetic model is utilized to study the rate of NOR on metal oxides. Our results demonstrate that a lower activation energy is obtained when a catalyst binds *O weakly. We show that the reaction is extremely challenging but also that design strategies have been suggested to promote electrochemical NOR.
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ElectrochemistryOxygen evolutionCatalysisChemistryRedoxNitrogenDensity functional theoryInorganic chemistryChemical engineeringCombinatorial chemistryComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryEngineeringAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science