Bread from air (and electricity): producing ammonia at the interface of porous carbons and room-temperature salt melts

Abstract

Bread from air (and electricity): producing ammonia at the interface of porous carbons and room-temperature salt melts The ERC Starting Grant project "Nanocarbon-Ionic Liquid-Interfaces for Catalytic Activation of Nitrogen" (CILCat) aims to establish a novel principle in catalysis that holds holistic perspectives for the activation of small molecules within electric double-layers formed between ionic liquids and nanostructured carbon materials. The electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation will serve as a model reaction at the beginning.