The generation of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen and water using sunlight is a preferable approach to obtaining ammonia as an energy carrier and potentially represents a new paradigm for achieving a low‐carbon and sustainable‐energy society. Herein, we report the selective conversion of dinitrogen into ammonia through plasmon‐induced charge separation by using a strontium titanate (SrTiO3) photoelectrode loaded with gold nanoparticles (Au‐NPs) and a zirconium/zirconium oxide (Zr/ZrOx) thin film. We observed the simultaneous stoichiometric production of ammonia and oxygen from nitrogen and water under visible‐light irradiation.
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Oshikiri et al. (2016) studied this question.