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Professor Yoshizawa's Research Group Successfully Develops Ultra-High Activity Ammonia Production Catalyst Through Clever Molecular Design Based on Computational Chemistry

Professor Yoshizawa's Research Group Successfully Develops Ultra-High Activity Ammonia Production Catalyst Through Clever Molecular Design Based on Computational Chemistry

Apr 14, 2023

Professor Kazunari Yoshizawa's research group at the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, successfully developed an ultra-high activity ammonia production catalyst through clever molecular design based on computational chemistry, significantly updating the world record for catalytic activity. This achievement was published in Nature Synthesis.

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Title
Catalytic production of ammonia from dinitrogen employing molybdenum complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene-based PCP-type pincer ligids
Journal
Nature Synthesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00292-9