Boosting Alkaline Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia via Molybdenum-Mediated Hydrogenation on CuO Nanoarrays

Key Points

• The study aims to improve the reduction of alkaline nitrates to ammonia using molybdenum-doped copper oxide nanoarrays.
• Synthesis of Mo-doped CuO nanoarrays via a simple method.
• Evaluation of electronic structure modulation and H* adsorption enhancement.
• Mo-doped CuO facilitated a significant increase in H* adsorption efficiency.
• The nanoarrays exhibited a marked acceleration of nitrate reduction to ammonia.