Boosting electrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia with high efficiency using a LiNbO electrocatalyst in neutral media.

The nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has great potential as a method to replace the industrial Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis. Nevertheless, the efficiency of the NRR is mainly dependent on the rational design of highly efficient and active electrocatalysts on account of the high energy of N and HER as a competitive reaction. Herein, a simple solid-phase synthesis method is adopted to design and synthesize a LiNbO (LNO) electrocatalyst, which proves that the synergistic effect of electron-rich Nb and Li elements can effectively improve the NRR activity of commercial NbO and LiCO.

Advances in the use of microalgal-bacterial consortia for wastewater treatment: Community structures, interactions, economic resource reclamation, and study techniques.

The rise in living standards has generated a demand for higher aquatic environmental quality. The microalgal community and the surrounding organic molecules, environmental factors, and microorganisms, such as bacteria, are together defined as the phycosphere. The bacteria in the phycosphere can form consortia with microalgae through various forms of interaction.