Lufa Hu

Abstract Electrocatalytic nitric oxide reduction (NORR) enables the efficient abatement of NO while simultaneously synthesizing valuable ammonia (NH3). However, the strong polarity of NO hinders its effective activation on conventional NORR catalysts because of their single-site interaction mode, wherein either the nitrogen (N) or oxygen (O) atom of NO binds to the catalyst through a unidirectional electron transfer.

Advanced phosphate removal is critical for alleviating the serious and widespread aquatic eutrophication, but strongly depends on the development of superior adsorption materials to overcome low chemical affinity and sluggish mass transfer at low phosphate concentrations. Herein, we report the first synthesis of monodispersed and organic amine modified La(OH)3 nanocrystals for advanced phosphate removal by modulating inner Helmholtz plane (IHP).