10.1002/cplu.202100349
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20K21203 (Y.N), and 20K05532 (K.S.)) from JSPS and MEXT. H. T.
is a recipient of Leadership Development Program for Ph.D in the
School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo and the JSPS
Predoctoral Fellowships for Young Scientists.
Keywords: ammonia oxidation • dinitrogen • electrochemical
oxidation • heterogeneous catalysis • transition metal complexes
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Acknowledgements
The present project is supported by CREST, JST (JPMJCR1541). We
acknowledge Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (20H05671 and
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