Recent advances in plasma-enabled ammonia synthesis: state-of-the-art, challenges, and outlook.

With the increase in the greenhouse effect and reduction of fossil fuel resources, it is urgent to find a feasible solution to directly convert power to chemicals using renewable energy and achieving zero carbon emissions targets. It is necessary to convert renewable energy (, solar, wind, water, ) into electrical power replacing fossil-fuel-fired power. Therefore, the power-to-chemicals approach is gaining more and more attention.

Co-SiO Nanocomposite Catalysts for CO -Free Hydrogen Production by Ammonia Decomposition.

High-surface-area Co-SiO nanocomposites were synthesized by a simple two-step procedure with activated carbon as the template. These materials catalyze the decomposition of ammonia to produce CO -free hydrogen. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized by various techniques including X-ray diffraction, N adsorption-desorption, and transmission electron microscopy.