Reaction of Nitrogen Reduction

From a fundamental point of view, it would be very interesting to find a way to achieve an electrochemical reduction of another very inert compound—the reduction of molecular nitrogen to ammonia—a reaction that is analogous to the well-known large-scale industrial process of ammonia production. Some papers on 

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Bagotsky, V. S., and N. Osetrova, Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, Russ. J. 

Iwasita, T., and W. Vielstich, Progress in the study of methanol oxidation by in sim, ex situ and on-line methods, in Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering, R. Alkire et ah, Eds., Vol. 1, Wiley, New York, 1990, p. 127. 

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