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Title: Liquefied Sunshine: Transforming Renewables into Fertilizers and Energy Carriers with Electromaterials
Authors: MacFarlane, Douglas R.
Choi, Jaecheol
Suryanto, Bryan H. R.
Jalili, Rouhollah
Chatti, Manjunath
Azofra Mesa, Luis Miguel 
Simonov, Alexandr N.
UNESCO Clasification: 221001 Catálisis
Keywords: Ammonia
Carbon dioxide reduction
Energy conversion
Nitrogen fixation
Water splitting
Issue Date: 2020
Journal: Advanced Materials 
Abstract: It has become apparent that renewable energy sources are plentiful in many, often remote, parts of the world, such that storing and transporting that energy has become the key challenge. For long‐distance transportation by pipeline and bulk tanker, a liquid form of energy carrier is ideal, focusing attention on liquid hydrogen and ammonia. Development of high‐activity and selectivity electrocatalyst materials to produce these energy carriers by reductive electrochemistry has therefore become an important area of research. Here, recent developments and challenges in the field of electrocatalytic materials for these processes are discussed, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Some of the mis‐steps currently plaguing the nitrogen reduction to ammonia field are highlighted. The rapidly growing roles that in situ/operando and quantum chemical studies can play in new electromaterials discovery are also surveyed.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/58240
ISSN: 0935-9648
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201904804
Source: Advanced Materials [ISSN 0935-9648], vol. 32(18)
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