The reduction of dinitrogen (N 2 ) to ammonia (NH 3 ) is an essential transformation for our life due to its presence in amino acids. However, it’s extremely stable elemental form of dinitrogen (N 2 ) which makes difficult to utilize nitrogen either biologically or synthetically. The industrial Haber-Bosch process using a solid-state Fe catalyst at very high temperatures and pressures is the major source of ammonium fertilizer and other synthetic nitrogen compounds worldwide [ 1 ]. A facile Fe 2 O 3 and TiO 2 -based nanoparticles are synthesized via the precipitation/calcination route and applied them in a water photo-splitting setup to photosynthesize ammonia ( Figure 1 ) [ 2 ]. Figure 1. Photocatalytic N 2 conversion to ammonia using efficient nanostructured solar-energy-materials in aqueous media [ 2 ]. In 2018, Professor Braunschweig has reported the reaction of a p-block molecule with N 2 under transition-metal-free conditions by taking advantage of the emerging concept o...
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