Methods of reducing dinitrogen
AssigneeMonash University
InventorsFederico M. Ferrero Vallana, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Alexandr Nikolaevich Simonov
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of reducing dinitrogen to produce at least one haloamine compound, the method comprising: contacting a cathode comprising a dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition with an electrolyte; providing dinitrogen, a reducible source of halogen and a source of hydrogen for reaction at the cathode; and applying a potential at the cathode sufficient to reduce the dinitrogen on the dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition in the presence of the reducible source of halogen and the source of hydrogen, thereby producing at least one haloamine compound.
Claims22
A method of reducing dinitrogen to produce at least one haloamine compound, the method comprising:
- contacting a cathode comprising a dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition with an electrolyte;
- providing dinitrogen, a reducible source of halogen and a source of hydrogen for reaction at the cathode;
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- applying a potential at the cathode sufficient to reduce the dinitrogen on the dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition in the presence of the reducible source of halogen and the source of hydrogen, thereby producing at least one haloamine compound.
A method of producing ammonia or an ammonium salt from dinitrogen, the method comprising:
- contacting a cathode comprising a dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition with an electrolyte;
- providing dinitrogen, a reducible source of halogen and a source of hydrogen for reaction at the cathode;
- applying a potential at the cathode sufficient to reduce the dinitrogen on the dinitrogen-activating electrocatalytic composition in the presence of the reducible source of halogen and the source of hydrogen, thereby producing at least one haloamine compound;
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- converting the at least one haloamine compound to ammonia or an ammonium salt.
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