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A perspective to ammonia-hydrogen energy industry in China

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22071173 and 22271213) and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (20JCJQJC00050).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Baoshun Zhang, Baian Shen, Menghao Lv, Bin Zhang & Yifu Yu

  2. Tianjin University-Asia Silicon Joint Research Center of Ammonia-Hydrogen New Energy, Asia Silicon (Qinghai) Co., Ltd., Xining, 810007, China

    Baoshun Zhang, Jiewei Zhu, Tihu Wang & Yifu Yu

  3. Department of Catalysis Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Wangyang Ji, Jiewei Zhu & Bin Zhang

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Zhang, B., Ji, W., Zhu, J. et al. A perspective to ammonia-hydrogen energy industry in China. Sci. China Chem. 67, 1765–1775 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2046-0

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