铜基催化剂在电催化硝酸根还原制氨中的应用

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Abstract Nitrate contamination of groundwater has become a critical environmental issue that poses a serious threat to the development of human society. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO₃RR), is considered as one of the most effective ways to remove harmful nitrate substances from various types of wastewater and convert them to advantageous ammonia, but the research of the electrocatalysts are very challen-ging. Recently, Cu-based catalysts have shown high nitrate conversion efficiency, ammonia selectivity, and Faraday efficiency in promoting NO₃RR performance due to their low cost, high activity, and ability to effectively inhibit Hydrogen evolution reaction, etc. Here we reviews the recent advances in metal catalysts for Cu, relevant single-atom, alloy, and compounds (oxides, hydroxides) catalysts in NO₃RR, details the advantages and disadvantages of the various modifications as well as the conversion mechanism of NO₃RR, and provides a brief overview of the future directions, challenges, and opportunities in this field.

Key words： electrocatalysis nitrate removal ammonia production copper-based catalysts

Published: 10 August 2025 Online: 2025-08-13

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LIANG Caifeng,ZHAO Gang,WU Qi. Application of Copper-based Catalysts in Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia[J]. Materials Reports, 2025, 39(15): 24050205-8.

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