title: Electrolytic synthesis of ammonia in molten salts under atmospheric pressure.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fundamental Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Tokujiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikiori
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nohira
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito