Progress of Metal Oxide (Sulfide)-Based Photocatalytic Materials for Reducing Nitrogen to Ammonia

Table 3

Summary of metal sulfide-based materials for photocatalytic reduction of N₂ to NH₃.

Catalytic materials	Catalysts	T (K)	Light source	Organic scavenger	Average NH3 production rate	Year	Ref.
Metals sulfide-based materials	MoS2	298	Xenon light	None	325 μmol·g^−1·h^−1	2017	[12]
	[Mo2Fe6S8(SPh)3]-[Fe4S4]	ACs	Xenon light	None	18.82 μM·h^−1	2016	[36]
	Mo0.1Ni0.1Cd0.8S	303	Visible light	Ethanol	71.2 μM·h^−1	2016	[37]
	Zn0.1Sn0.1Cd0.8S	303	Visible light	Ethanol	105.2 μM·h^−1	2016	[38]
	[Mo2Fe6S8(SPh)3]^3+ and [Sn2S6]^4−	RT	Solar light	—	18.82 μM·h^−1	2015	[39]
	Pt/CdS·Ag2S/RuO2	303	Visible light	K[Ru(EDTA-H)Cl]2H2O	1260 μM·h^−1	1991	[40]
	CdS/Pt/RuO2	303	Visible light	None	620 μM·h^−1	1988	[41]
	CdS/Pt	311	UV	None	3.26 μmol·g^−1·h^−1	1980	[42]

RT denotes room temperature. ACs denotes ambient conditions.