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Photocatalytic ammonia synthesis (PAS) offers a carbon-neutral route to ammonia production. This review details engineering strategies in materials, structure, and reaction processes to advance this critical technology.

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Catalysis

Background:

  • Photocatalytic ammonia synthesis (PAS) is a key emerging technology for sustainable ammonia production.
  • It offers a zero-carbon emission pathway crucial for energy crisis mitigation and carbon neutrality goals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive engineering perspective on the entire photocatalytic ammonia synthesis process.
  • To summarize recent advances and identify challenges in materials, structure, and reaction engineering for PAS.

Main Methods:

  • Review of photocatalytic materials including metal oxides, bismuth oxyhalides, graphitic carbon nitride, and organic frameworks.
  • Analysis of photocatalyst design strategies focusing on morphology, vacancy, and band engineering at crystal, atom, and electron scales.
  • Exploration of reaction engineering principles, including nitrogen activation, molecule transfer, and electron transfer, to optimize PAS.

Main Results:

  • Detailed discussion on material characteristics and regulation methods to enhance PAS performance.
  • In-depth analysis of the structure-performance relationship in photocatalysts.
  • Identification of key processes for intensifying and optimizing the PAS reaction.

Conclusions:

  • The review offers a novel paradigm for designing and preparing high-efficiency ammonia synthesis photocatalysts.
  • It aims to inspire the practical application of photocatalytic ammonia synthesis technology.