A beaker filled with water being affected by a plasma ray
Case Western Reserve University researchers have used an electrolytic process with a plasma, shown here, to create ammonia from water and nitrogen at low pressure and low temperature.

Engineering’s Mohan Sankaran, Julie Renner create ammonia from nitrogen and water

Lightning-inspired method makes ammonia with no catalyst

Chemistry WorldMohan Sankaran, the Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation and professor of chemical engineering, and Julie Renner, the Climo Assistant Professor and assistant professor of chemical engineering, developed a process to make ammonia from nitrogen and water.