RT Journal Article
T1 Challenges and opportunities for renewable ammonia production via plasmon‐assisted photocatalysis
A1 Puertolas Lacambra, Begoña
A1 Comesaña Hermo, Miguel
A1 Vazquez Besteiro, Lucas
A1 Vázquez González, Margarita
A1 Correa Duarte, Miguel Ángel
K1 2210 Química Física
AB Despite its severe operating conditions, associated energy consumption, and environmental concerns, the manufacture of nitrogen-rich fertilizers still relies heavily on producing ammonia in centralized chemical plants via the Haber–Bosch process. A distributed and more sustainable scheme considers the on-site production of carbon-neutral fertilizers at ambient conditions in photocatalytic reactors powered by sunlight. Among the different strategies proposed to boost the nitrogen reduction ability of conventional catalysts, the incorporation of plasmonic nanomaterials is gaining widespread interest owing to their unique optical tunability and their potential to improve the efficiency and selectivity of many chemical transformations. This Perspective examines the state-of-the-art for the nitrogen reduction reaction via plasmon-driven photocatalysis and discusses design principles for advancing it. The different physical mechanisms underlying the operation of plasmonic materials in a catalytic setting, and the dimensions along which the catalysts can be tuned to harness them are detailed. Paths to overcome current frontiers in the field, including design strategies of plasmonic photocatalysts, the development of complementary characterization techniques, the standardization of the reaction conditions and ammonia quantification methods, and the possibilities offered by theoretical methods to drive material discovery, identifying fundamental bottlenecks, and proposing directions for the advancement of this emerging field are outlined.
PB Advanced Energy Materials
SN 16146832
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3945
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3945
LA eng
NO Advanced Energy Materials, 12(18): 2103909 (2022)
NO Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade de Vigo/CISUG
NO European Regional Development Fund                    https://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
DS Investigo
RD 11-sep-2024