Progress in the low-cost electrochemical synthesis of ammonia
Ammonia (NH3) is mass-produced for use in the agricultural, pharmaceutical, and sustainable energy sectors. However, its conventional synthesis methods are environmentally unfriendly, so we need alternatives! Recently, Scientists from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, developed a new cost-effective and durable electrocatalyst that mimics a natural enzyme to produce NH3 from nitrogen in the air. Their findings take us a step closer to safer and cleaner ways to electrochemically produce NH3.