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Phosphorus-mediated reverse hydrogen spillover enables rate-matched nitrate-sulfate paired electrolysis for ammonium persulfate synthesis
Nature · By Yaobin Wang ·
The Brief
- Researchers report a phosphorus-mediated reverse hydrogen spillover mechanism for electrolysis.
- The mechanism is described as enabling rate-matched paired nitrate-sulfate electrolysis for ammonium persulfate synthesis.
- The work targets electrochemical conversion of nitrate-rich wastewater into valuable ammonium salts.
Why it matters
It describes a possible electrochemical route to turn nitrate-rich wastewater into ammonium salts, which matters to researchers working on wastewater treatment and electrosynthesis.
Who’s affected
- electrochemistry researchers
- wastewater treatment researchers
- #electrochemistry
- #nitrate reduction
- #hydrogen spillover
- #wastewater treatment
- #ammonium persulfate
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79620-4 Electrochemical conversion of nitrate-rich wastewater to valuable ammonium salts is promising. We report a phosphorus-mediated reverse hydrogen spillover mechanism that synchronizes…
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Published online in Nature Communications (doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79620-4)
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Phosphorus-mediated reverse hydrogen spillover enables rate-matched nitrate-sulfate paired electrolysis for ammonium persulfate synthesis