Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction : Challenging Materials with Reaction Engineering

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Ziegenbalg, Dirk ; Zander, Judith ; Marschall, Roland:
Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction : Challenging Materials with Reaction Engineering.
In: ChemPhotoChem. Vol. 5 (2021) Issue 9 . - pp. 792-807.
ISSN 2367-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202100084

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Ammonia is not only the most important chemical for fertilizer production, it has also gained much interest as a future hydrogen storage material. Besides the well-known Haber–Bosch process to generate ammonia from elemental sources, new ways to convert nitrogen into ammonia have been investigated in the last decade for a decentralized production, including electrocatalytic and photocatalytic approaches. However, photocatalysis in particular suffers from stagnating materials development and unstandardized reaction conditions. In this Review, we shine light on recent materials and reaction engineering results for photocatalytic nitrogen reduction, putting an emphasis on the need to connect the activity of reported materials together with detailed reaction conditions and efficiencies. Photocatalytic nitrogen reduction is an emerging field that will certainly gain significant interest in the future as a sustainable pathway to generate green hydrogen and ammonia. The field will certainly strongly benefit from joint efforts with strong interactions between chemists, physicists and chemical engineers at a fundamental level.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	heterojunctions; nitrogen reduction; photocatalysis; reaction engineering; semiconductors
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry III > Chair Physical Chemistry III - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Marschall Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry III
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 06:48
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2021 06:09
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/67104