{"title":"Reactive hydrogen in KH or KOH for catalytic NH<sub>3</sub> synthesis.","authors":"Peikun Wang, Wenbo Gao, Yanbo Deng, Fei Chang, Qianru Wang, Sheng Feng, Jianping Guo, Ping Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Potassium (K) has long been employed as a key catalyst promoter for ammonia synthesis. Its chemical state and promoting mechanism, however, remain elusive. Here, we study the influence of different anionic counterparts of K (i.e., H<sup>-</sup> and OH<sup>-</sup>) on its promoting capability and function in ammonia synthesis catalysis. When potassium is in the form of hydride (KH), it can enhance the ammonia formation rate of the Fe/carbon nanotube (CNT) catalyst by two orders of magnitude; while it is in the form of hydroxide (KOH), the rate increment is only ∼5 times. We show that both KH and KOH can promote N removal from Fe nitride under a hydrogen atmosphere, where an intermediate KNH<sub>2</sub> species may form and further be hydrogenated to NH<sub>3</sub>. Isotopic measurements show that H atoms in KH and KOH are involved in the formation of NH<sub>3</sub>. For the KH-Fe catalyst, the hydridic H of KH is reductive and may undergo a redox reaction with adsorbed N (N<sub>ad</sub>) on Fe to form KNH<sub>x</sub> species and further be hydrogenated to NH<sub>3</sub> and create a clean Fe surface for further nitrogen activation. For the KOH-Fe catalyst, the protonic H of KOH may protonate N<sub>ad</sub> on Fe to form NH<sub>3</sub> through the intermediate species of K-Fe-O and KNH<sub>2</sub>. This work reveals the crucial role of hydrogen in ammonia synthesis catalysis and, moreover, could inspire revisiting of the role of alkali promoters in industrial ammonia synthesis catalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"7 10","pages":"101435"},"PeriodicalIF":39.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13673536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149216877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2026-05-28eCollection Date: 2026-07-06DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101455
Jing Wang, Yibo Wu
{"title":"Curbing the tide of \"paper mills\": A risk-based integrated governance for public health databases.","authors":"Jing Wang, Yibo Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101455","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101455","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"7 7","pages":"101455"},"PeriodicalIF":39.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13343419/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148413132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global and national burden of chronic kidney disease attributable to fine particles: An updated exposure-response meta-analysis.","authors":"Pengfei Li, Xueqiu Ni, Jingyi Wu, Chenghua Guo, Tao Xue, Luxia Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101429","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Robust evidence is needed for the exposure-response function (ERF) linking chronic kidney disease (CKD) to long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>). A three-stage mixed-effects meta-analysis framework was applied to estimate a nonlinear ERF that links PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure to CKD risk ratio or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduction, by integrating all available evidence via systematic searches. Based on the derived ERF, we quantified the global and national burden of CKD attributable to PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure above 10 μg/m<sup>3</sup> from 1990 to 2020. A total of 38 studies on CKD and 16 on eGFR were included. Per 10 μg/m<sup>3</sup> increment in PM<sub>2.5</sub>, the pooled risk ratio of CKD was 1.32 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21-1.43) and the ERF indicated a predominantly log-linear association; the pooled eGFR reduction was 2.115 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> (95% CI: 0.452-3.777), and the ERF showed a saturated effect of high-concentration exposure. In 2020, PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure was estimated to contribute to 485,000 (95% CI: 370,000-587,000) deaths, 5.77 million (95% CI: 4.51-6.99 million) incident cases, and 243 million (95% CI: 188-294 million) prevalent cases of CKD worldwide. Compared with level-2 risk factors for CKD mortality in the Global Burden of Disease study, PM<sub>2.5</sub> ranked first in 1990 and second in 2020, reaching a level of importance comparable to major metabolic risk factors. This study provides robust evidence that PM<sub>2.5</sub> is a substantial contributor to the global CKD burden and that clean air action is an urgent and integral CKD prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"7 8","pages":"101429"},"PeriodicalIF":39.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13457180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148713797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}