General synthesis of high-entropy single-atom nanocages for electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrate.

ABSTRACT: Given the growing emphasis on energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and agricultural demand, there's a pressing need for decentralized and scalable ammonia production. Converting nitrate ions electrochemically, which are commonly found in industrial wastewater and polluted groundwater, into ammonia offers a viable approach for both wastewater treatment and ammonia production yet limited by low producibility and scalability. Here we report a versatile and scalable solution-phase synthesis of high-entropy single-atom nanocages (HESA NCs) in which Fe and other five metals-Co, Cu, Zn, Cd, and In-are isolated via cyano-bridges and coordinated with C and N, respectively. Incorporating and isolating the five metals into the matrix of Fe resulted in Fe-C₅ active sites with a

SUBMITTER: Tang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322612 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature