Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: Molybdenum Carbide Nanodots Enable Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation under Ambient Conditions (Adv. Mater. 46/2018)

Molybdenum carbide nanodots are embedded in ultrathin carbon nanosheets as an efficient catalyst for electrochemical artificial nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions, as reported by Liang-Xin Ding, Haihui Wang, and co-workers in article number 1803694. This is significant in demonstrating that high-efficiency nitrogen reduction can occur, even though accompanied by vigorous hydrogen evolution.