Synchronizing proton–electron transfer in nanoconfined Cu–Ni alloys enables highly selective nitrate-to-ammonia conversion

Chemical Communications 2026

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Authors: Puxia Yan, Zichao Huang, Yingbing Zhang, Lin Gu, Suxin Bai, Yulu Hua, Min Kuang, Jianping Yang
DOI: 10.1039/d6cc01637e
Cited by: 1
References: 25

Abstract

The Cu-Ni alloy interface establishes cooperative adsorption-hydrogenation units that align intermediate binding with hydrogenation kinetics, thereby lowering the energy barriers for sequential deoxygenation steps, suppressing the competing hydrogen evolution reaction, delivering a faradaic efficiency of 96%.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Environmental remediation with nanomaterials

Publication details

Journal / source
Chemical Communications
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Volume
62
Issue
46
Pages
11618–11621
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN