Coordination‐Asymmetry‐Regulated Reconstruction of Electron‐Rich Cu Sites for pH‐Dependent Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia Electrocatalysis
Shih‐Ching Huang, Yu‐Ru Lin, Hsiang‐Chun Yu, Yi‐Dong Lin, Yu‐Chiao Chang, Chun‐Kuo Peng, Yu‐Chang Lin, Wen‐Wei Wu, Hao Ming Chen, Chi‐Liang Chen, Han‐Yi Chen, Yan‐Gu Lin · 2026
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Shih-Ching Huang and co-authors build copper sites that rebuild themselves to turn nitrate into ammonia in a 2026 study. The electric route promises a double win: clean nitrate-polluted water and make ammonia, a key fertilizer and fuel, without the usual fossil-heavy process. How the copper site's local wiring steers that rebuild across acidic and alkaline baths was not understood.
The team made two clean starting points, single copper atoms held by three nitrogen neighbors or by four. Live X-ray watching showed the four-nitrogen sites rebuilt fast in every bath, dropping to leaner shapes that favor the reaction. The three-nitrogen sites followed a different path. Linking the starting wiring to the rebuilt, working form gives catalyst designers a rule: pick the cage and you pick the worker it becomes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shih‐Ching Huang, Yu‐Ru Lin, Hsiang‐Chun Yu, Yi‐Dong Lin, Yu‐Chiao Chang, Chun‐Kuo Peng, Yu‐Chang Lin, Wen‐Wei Wu, Hao Ming Chen, Chi‐Liang Chen, Han‐Yi Chen, Yan‐Gu Lin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |