The P2C project seeks to investigate how ammonia can be produced on the basis of renewable electricity instead of the CO2-intensive production processes that exist today.

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2020 - 2022
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  • The design of a process for the production of ammonia from air/N2, water and electricity
  • The development of a practical electrode for the demonstration of the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia with current density of at least 0.1 mA/cm2 and faradaic efficiency of at least 10 %, which corresponds with the current state-of-the-art
  • The development of a plasma process for NH3 synthesis with an energy input of < 30 MJ/mol and NH3 yield of > 1%

Abstract

The overall aim of this project is to demonstrate CO2-neutral ammonia production by renewable electricity-driven processes via a novel electrocatalytic and plasma-based conversion of N2 (Nitrogen reduction reaction, NRR).

Other objectives of the project are:

To reveal the mechanism of N2 activation in candidate electrocatalysts and to screen and rationally develop highly efficient electrocatalysts for NRR. Moreover, investigation and optimization of extrinsic parameters for durable NRR performance as well as investigation and development of plasma reactors for NH3 production

At last development of a stand-alone electro- and plasma reactor driven by a photovoltaic solar cell.