Electrochemical conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia mediated by a complex of fullerene C60 and gamma-cyclodextrin

Lubomír Pospísil; Jana Bulícková; Magdaléna Hromadová; Miroslav Gál; Svatopluk Civis; Jaroslav Cihelka; Ján Tarábek

doi:10.1039/b701017f

Electrochemical conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia mediated by a complex of fullerene C60 and gamma-cyclodextrin

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jun 14:(22):2270-2. doi: 10.1039/b701017f. Epub 2007 Mar 5.

Authors

Lubomír Pospísil¹, Jana Bulícková, Magdaléna Hromadová, Miroslav Gál, Svatopluk Civis, Jaroslav Cihelka, Ján Tarábek

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrochemistry and Department of Chemical Physics, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223, Prague, Czech Republic. lubomir.pospisil@jh-inst.cas.cz

PMID: 17534513
DOI: 10.1039/b701017f

Abstract

We report on an electrochemical conversion of N2 to NH3 at ambient pressure and 60 degrees C, which is mediated by reduced C(60) inside the molecular cavity of gamma-cyclodextrin.