Electroactive mesoporous tantalum oxide catalysts for nitrogen activation and ammonia synthesis.
A new mesoporous Ta oxide catalyst for conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia shows strong evidence for a novel mechanism involving low valent Ta on the surface, supporting recent work in organometallic chemistry using low valent early transition metals for dinitrogen cleavage.
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Chaoyang
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4.
Trudeau
Michel
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Antonelli
David
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