TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Direct Conversion of Air to Ammonia and Nitric Acid using Advanced Manufactured Electrochemical Reactors

2Opportunity: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its Direct Conversion of Air to Ammonia and Nitric Acid using Advanced Manufactured Electrochemical Reactors. Background: Today, roughly half of the worlds population relies on crops grown with the aid of synthetic fertilizers composed primarily of nitrates and ammonia. As such, global production of ammonia alone exceeds 150 million tons annually. Most industrial ammonia is produced through the HaberBosch process, a century-old approach using thermochemical reactions to convert atm