“…To date, the development of ammonia decomposition catalysts with good low temperature activity remains a big challenge and becomes a hot topic over the past decades . Literature survey shows that catalysts used in ammonia decomposition are mainly Ru-, Ni-, and Fe-based ones. , Of these different catalysts, Ru-based catalysts showed the highest catalytic activity as Ru has a suitable nitrogen binding energy of ∼142 kcal·mol –1 , based on the theoretical calculations. , Choudhary et al studied different metallic catalysts and found that Ru/SiO 2 had the best performance followed by Ir/SiO 2 and Ni/SiO 2 . In specific, a NH 3 conversion of 97% was achieved for Ru/SiO 2 at 600 °C, indicating that lower temperature decomposition of NH 3 is possible, with Ru as the active component having the greatest potential.…”