Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store
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ABSTRACT Industrially, the artificial fixation of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia is carried out using the Haber–Bosch process, but this process requires high temperatures and pressures, and
consumes more than 1% of the world's power production. Therefore the search is on for a more environmentally benign process that occurs under milder conditions. Here, we report that a
Ru-loaded electride [Ca24Al28O64]4+(e−)4 (Ru/C12A7:e−), which has high electron-donating power and chemical stability, works as an efficient catalyst for ammonia synthesis. Highly efficient
ammonia synthesis is achieved with a catalytic activity that is an order of magnitude greater than those of other previously reported Ru-loaded catalysts and with almost half the reaction
activation energy. Kinetic analysis with infrared spectroscopy reveals that C12A7:e− markedly enhances N2 dissociation on Ru by the back donation of electrons and that the poisoning of
ruthenium surfaces by hydrogen adatoms can be suppressed effectively because of the ability of C12A7:e− to store hydrogen reversibly. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is
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Discussions with K. Nakajima and Y. Toda are acknowledged. We thank T. Yoshizumi, S. Nakamura and D. Lu for their technical assistance. This work was supported by a Funding Program for
World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. A part of this work was supported by a fund from the Element Strategy
Initiative Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science for Technology in Japan. AUTHOR INFORMATION Author notes * Sung-Wng Kim Present address: Present address:
Department of Energy Science, SungKyunKwan University, Suwon, Korea, AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku,
226-8503, Yokohama, Japan Masaaki Kitano, Yasunori Inoue, Youhei Yamazaki, Shinji Kanbara, Michikazu Hara & Hideo Hosono * Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259
Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, 226-8503, Yokohama, Japan Fumitaka Hayashi, Satoru Matsuishi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Sung-Wng Kim & Hideo Hosono Authors * Masaaki Kitano View author publications You
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this author inPubMed Google Scholar CONTRIBUTIONS H.H. proposed the idea behind this research and M.H. and H.H. directed the entire project. M.K., Y.I., Y.Y., F.H., S.M., S.K., T.Y. and
S-W.K. performed the synthesis, characterization and catalytic testing of Ru/C12A7:e−. All the authors discussed the results and commented on the study. M.K., M.H. and H.H. co-wrote the
manuscript. CORRESPONDING AUTHORS Correspondence to Michikazu Hara or Hideo Hosono. ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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