Electrolytic synthesis of ammonia in molten salts under atmospheric pressure.
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.
Murakami
Tsuyoshi
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Department of Fundamental Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan.
Nishikiori
Tokujiro
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Nohira
Toshiyuki
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Ito
Yasuhiko
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