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Why copper catalyzes electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia

2022; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 243; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/d2fd00145d

1364-5498

Mohammadreza Karamad, Tiago J. Goncalves, Santiago Jimenez-Villegas, Ian D. Gates, Samira Siahrostami,

Muon and positron interactions and applications

The activity volcano plot depicts trends in activity among various transition metals and explains why copper is more active for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO 3 RR) to ammonia. Several strategies are proposed to further improve copper activity.