Development and Recent Progress on Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts for Haber–Bosch Process

Due to its essential use as a fertilizer, ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen is considered to be one of the most important chemical processes of the last 100 years. Since then, an enormous amount of work has been undertaken to investigate and develop effective catalysts for this process. Although the catalytic synthesis of ammonia has been extensively studied in the last century, many new catalysts are still currently being developed to reduce the operating temperature and pressure of the process and to improve the conversion of reactants to ammonia. New catalysts for the Haber–Bosch process are the key to achieving green ammonia production in the foreseeable future. Herein, the history of ammonia…

• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Awards: EP/G01244X, EP/G01244X/1, EP/G01244X/1