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ArticleNature communications2025

Mechanochemical ammonia synthesis enhanced by silicon nitride as a defect-inducing physical promoter.

Jae Seong Lee, Sooyeon Kim, Seung-Hyeon Kim, Jae-Hoon Baek, Jeong-Min Seo, Se Jung Lee, Changqing Li, Runnan Guan, Boo-Jae Jang, Gao-Feng Han and 2 more

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12 authors.

Jae Seong Lee *School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8905-7535
Sooyeon Kim *Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-068X
Seung-Hyeon KimSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6384-9808
Jae-Hoon BaekSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Jeong-Min SeoSKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-519X
Se Jung LeeSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Changqing LiSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Runnan GuanSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-6719
Boo-Jae JangSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-7103-6671
Gao-Feng HanKey Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China. gfhan@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-0492
Sang Soo HanComputational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea. sangsoo@kist.re.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8105
Jong-Beom BaekSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea. jbbaek@unist.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-2326

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00221668National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00450102National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00466616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By enabling ammonia synthesis under near ambient conditions, mechanochemistry provides a paradigm shift, a new decentralized production method that avoids the high temperature (above 400 °C) and high pressure (above 200 bar) requirements of the centralized Haber-Bosch process. Leveraging the principles of mechanochemistry and its dynamic reaction environment, we hypothesize that inducing high-density defects on iron (Fe) catalyst can amplify catalytic activity by increasing initial state and adsorption capacity. In this study, we introduce a novel mechanochemical ammonia synthesis method utilizing silicon nitride (Si

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