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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Reductive Nitrogen Species Activation via Pulsed Electrolysis: Recent Advances and Future Prospects.

Kiarash Torabi, Rongji Liu, David Leander Troglauer, Christean Nickel, Guillermo Corea, Tiansheng Bai, Deping Li, Lijie Ci, Bahareh Feizi Mohazzab, Dandan Gao

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Kiarash TorabiDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3357-2273
Rongji LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.
David Leander TroglauerDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4601-7576
Christean NickelDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-1905
Guillermo CoreaDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.
Tiansheng BaiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China.
Deping LiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-5184
Lijie CiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China.
Bahareh Feizi MohazzabDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0232-1073
Dandan GaoDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-8769

Funding

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation 1186323Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation 1231127Carl Zeiss Foundation P2021-10-007Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 510966757Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst 57760550Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2025A1515011995National Natural Science Foundation of China 52002094State Key Laboratory of Precision Welding & Joining of Materials and Structures 24-T-08State Key Laboratory of Precision Welding & Joining of Materials and Structures 24-Z-17Top Level Research Area SusInnoScience
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrochemical reduction of nitrogen species offers a sustainable route to mitigate environmental nitrogen pollution while enabling the production of value-added chemicals such as ammonia, hydroxylamine, and C─N coupled organonitrogen compounds. However, the practical implementation of conventional potentiostatic methods is hindered by poor product selectivity and competing hydrogen evolution. Pulsed electrolysis has emerged as a transformative strategy to address these challenges by synchronizing catalyst surface dynamics with local microenvironmental changes and reaction kinetics. This mini-review highlights recent advances in pulsed electrolysis for nitrogen species reduction, with a particular focus on how dynamic potentials influence electrocatalyst behavior and the surrounding reaction environment. Key mechanistic insights and cutting-edge research findings are discussed, followed by an outlook on established systems and future directions toward scalable and energy-efficient nitrogen activation.

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C─N Bond couplingElectrocatalyst modulationNitrogen activationPulsed electrolysisReaction microenvironment

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PMID41137428
PMCPMC12643353

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