In March 1908, the BASF at Ludwigshafen provided financial support to Fritz Haber in his attempt to synthesize ammonia from the elements. The process that now famously bears his name was demonstrated to BASF in July 1909. However, its engineer was Haber’s private assistant, Robert Le Rossignol, a young British chemist from the Channel Islands with whom Haber made a generous financial arrangemen...

Due to the important role of ammonia as a fertilizer in agricultural industry and its promising prospects an energy carrier, many studies have recently attempted find most environmentally benign, efficient, economically viable production process for synthesis. The commonly utilized method is Haber-Bosch process. downside this technology high greenhouse gas emissions, surpassing 2.16 kgCO 2 -eq/...

Ammonia is commonly synthesized through the Haber-Bosch process, which produces large amounts of CO2 emissions as it carried out at extreme temperatures and pressures. An alternative technology needed to synthesize ammonia consumes less energy environmentally friendly. In this research, a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Photoelectrochemical tandem system (DSSC-PEC) was developed for nitrogen reductio...

The electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (eNRR) is a potential alternative to the Haber–Bosch process for ammonia (NH3) production. Tremendous efforts have been made in eNRR catalyst research promote practical application of eNRR. In this work, by means density functional theory calculations and computational hydrogen electrode model, we evaluated performance 30 single metal atoms supported o...

T chemical elements nitrogen (N), carbon (C), phosphorus (P), oxygen (O), and sulfur (S) are all necessary for life.With one exception, they are generally available in global reservoirs to sustain life forms ranging from singlecell organisms to vertebrates. Of these elements, N has the greatest total abundance in Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere; it is ironic that N is the element...

Global demand for both clean energy carriers and agricultural nutrients continues to grow rapidly, alongside increasing quantities of waste globally, interlinked challenges that may be addressed with solutions. We report on the potential efficiency Greenhouse Gas (GHG) intensity several configurations a new, sustainability-driven ammonia (NH 3 ) production processes determine whether waste-base...

At present, the synthesis of ammonia through Haber–Bosch (HB) process accounts for 1.2% global carbon emissions, representing roughly one-fourth fossil consumption from chemical industry, which creates a pressing need alternative low-carbon routes. Analyzing seven essential planetary boundaries (PBs) safe operation our planet, we find that standard HB is unsustainable as it vastly transgresses ...

Electrochemical N2 reduction provides a green and sustainable alternative to the Haber-Bosch technology for NH3 synthesis. However, extreme inertness of molecules is formidable challenge, which requires development an active electrocatalyst drive reaction (NRR) production at ambient conditions. Herein, we demonstrate La-doped TiO2 nanorods as efficient NRR The optimized La-TiO2 catalyst offers ...