Back Cover: Promoted Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen with Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Plasmon‐Enhanced TiO 2 Photoelectrodes (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 19/2018)

Abstract

Ammonia synthesis by photoelectrochemical N 2 reduction is not very energy‐intensive and can be run at low or even ambient temperature and pressure. Surface O vacancies hold great potential for N 2 adsorption and activation, but introducing O vacancies in the surface without affecting the bulk properties remains a great challenge. In their Communication (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201713229), J. Gong and co‐workers describe the promotional role of surface O vacancies in outer layers of amorphous TiO 2 thin films in the adsorption and activation of N 2 to facilitate N 2 reduction to NH 3.