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Team Ammine

Ammonia is a carbon-free fuel produced on a scale of over 150 M tons / year.  We examine the fundamental chemistry of N-H and N-N bond cleavage and formation that guides the development of molecular electrocatalysts based on iron and copper to cleanly generate energy from NH3 and ultimately, to sustainably produce NH3 from N2.

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Ferrocenium cleanly converts ammonia to dinitrogen, enabling ferrocene to serve as an electrocatalyst for ammonia oxidization

Uncovering redox non-innocent H-bonding with diazene 

Unusual dicopper hydride and dinitrogen complexes

Current Team Members

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Md Estak Ahmed, Ph.D.
E-mail: ahmedmde@msu.edu
Electrocatalytic NH3 oxidation at Cu and Fe

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Danushka Ekanayake, Ph.D.
E-mail: ekanaya7@msu.edu
Metal-free electrocatalytic NH3 oxidation
 

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Josalyne Beringer
E-mail: beringer4@msu.edu
Dinuclear complexes for N2 activation
 

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Fatimah Alsultan
E-mail: alsulta9@msu.edu
Metal-free electrocatalytic NH3 oxidation

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