公开(公告)号：US20210079534A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US16633557

申请日：2018-07-26

Applicant: MONASH UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Douglas MACFARLANE ,  Mega KAR ,  Jacinta BAKKER ,  Ciaran James MCDONNELL-WORTH ,  Colin Suk Mo KANG ,  Fengling ZHOU ,  Xinyi ZHANG ,  Bryan Harry Rahmat SURYANTO

IPC: C25B1/00 ,  C25B9/08 ,  C01C1/04 ,  C25B11/03 ,  C25B11/04

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, and a cell for carrying out the method for the electrochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. The method comprises the steps of: (1) contacting a cathodic working electrode comprising a nanostructured catalyst with an electrolyte comprising (a) one or more liquid salts optionally in combination with (b) one or more organic solvents having low viscosity and supporting high ionic conductivity, and (2) introducing dinitrogen and a source of hydrogen to the electrolyte, wherein the dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia at the cathodic working electrode.