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AssigneeMonash University
InventorsDouglas R. MACFARLANE, Alexandr Nikolaevich SIMONOV, Bryan Harry Rahmat SURYANTO, Karolina MATUSZEK, Pavel CHEREPANOV
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The invention provides a method of continuous electrochemical dinitrogen reduction to produce ammonia, the method comprising: supplying dinitrogen to an electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte in contact with at least a cathode; introducing protons to the electrolyte by anodic oxidation of a hydrogen-containing species; and cathodically reducing the dinitrogen in the presence of a metal selected from lithium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, aluminium and vanadium to produce ammonia, wherein the electrolyte comprises a cationic proton carrier capable of reversible deprotonation to form a neutral proton acceptor, wherein the neutral proton acceptor is an ylide.
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A method of reducing dinitrogen in an electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte in contact with a cathode, the method comprising applying a cathode potential at the cathode sufficiently negative to electrochemically reduce dinitrogen, thereby forming ammonia,
A method of reducing dinitrogen in an electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte in contact with a cathode, the method comprising applying a cathode potential at the cathode sufficiently negative to electrochemically reduce dinitrogen, thereby forming ammonia,
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