ArticleNature communications2024
Phenol as proton shuttle and buffer for lithium-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis.
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- Operando and multiscale insights into the solid electrolyte interphase in lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026Review
- Pathways to sustainable lithium-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis: tuning reaction environment and advancing reactor design.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Plasma Activate Nitrogen for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis: Plasma Ammonia Synthesis.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2026Review
- Toward Stable Li-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction: Strategies, Milestones, and Future Outlook.ChemSusChem · 2025Review
- The Effect of Applied Potential on the Li-mediated Nitrogen Reduction Reaction Performance.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Carbon-Negative Ammonia Production from the Air.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- The Role of Ethanol in Lithium-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Accelerating lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction through an integrated palladium membrane hydrogenation reactor.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2025Article
- Exploration of Multidimensional Structural Optimization and Regulation Mechanisms: Catalysts and Reaction Environments in Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Multivariate Approaches Boosting Lithium-Mediated Ammonia Electrosynthesis in Different Electrolytes.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Localized High-Concentration Electrolyte in Li-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction for Ammonia Synthesis.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024Article
- pH-Mediated Solution-Phase Proton Transfer Drives Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Phenol in Alkaline Electrolyte.ACS catalysis · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ammonia is a crucial component in the production of fertilizers and various nitrogen-based compounds. Now, the lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction reaction (Li-NRR) has emerged as a promising approach for ammonia synthesis at ambient conditions. The proton shuttle plays a critical role in the proton transfer process during Li-NRR. However, the structure-activity relationship and design principles for effective proton shuttles have not yet been established in practical Li-NRR systems. Here, we propose a general procedure for verifying a true proton shuttle and established design principles for effective proton shuttles. We systematically evaluate several classes of proton shuttles in a continuous-flow reactor with hydrogen oxidation at the anode. Among the tested proton shuttles, phenol exhibits the highest Faradaic efficiency of 72 ± 3% towards ammonia, surpassing that of ethanol, which has been commonly used so far. Experimental investigations including operando isotope-labelled mass spectrometry proved the proton-shuttling capability of phenol. Further mass transport modeling sheds light on the mechanism.
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