Electrolytic Synthesis of Ammonia in Molten Salts under Atmospheric Pressure
- 12 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 125 (2), 334-335
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja028891t
Abstract
Ammonia was successfully synthesized by using a new electrochemical reaction with high current efficiency at atmospheric pressure and at lower temperatures than the Haber−Bosch process. In this method, nitride ion (N3-), which is produced by the reduction from nitrogen gas at the cathode, is anodically oxidized and reacts with hydrogen to produce ammonia at the anode.Keywords
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