Urea catalytic oxidation for energy and environmental applications

X Gao, S Zhang, P Wang, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Urea is one of the most essential reactive nitrogen species in the nitrogen cycle and plays
an indispensable role in the water-energy-food nexus. However, untreated urea or urine …

Recent advances in the electro‑oxidation of urea for direct urea fuel cell and urea electrolysis

K Ke, G Wang, D Cao, G Wang - Electrocatalysis, 2020 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of recent advances in urea electro-oxidation. Urea sources
are abundant from human urine, urea-containing wastewater, and industrial urea, thus …

Strategies for designing more efficient electrocatalysts towards the urea oxidation reaction

D Zhu, H Zhang, J Miao, F Hu, L Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is a pivotal half-reaction for urea-assisted water splitting
to produce hydrogen, direct urea fuel cells and electrochemical degradation of urea …

Understanding the electro-catalytic oxidation mechanism of urea on nickel electrodes in alkaline medium

V Vedharathinam, GG Botte - Electrochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, the electrocatalytic behavior of urea oxidation on a nickel electrode in alkaline
medium was investigated using various electrochemical techniques: cyclic voltammetry …

Direct evidence of the mechanism for the electro-oxidation of urea on Ni (OH) 2 catalyst in alkaline medium

V Vedharathinam, GG Botte - Electrochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
The electrochemical oxidation mechanism of urea on a Ni (OH) 2 catalyst in alkaline
medium was investigated using in situ surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It was …

Urea removal from aqueous solutions—a review

E Urbańczyk, M Sowa, W Simka - Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2016 - Springer
The abundance of urea in the natural environment is dictated by the fact that it is one of the
major products of mammalian protein metabolism. Due to the extensive use of urea in many …

Synergistic effect of Cu-doped NiO for enhancing urea electrooxidation: Comparative electrochemical and DFT studies

MA Hefnawy, SA Fadlallah, RM El-Sherif… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, Cu-doped NiO is fabricated and synthesized using a microwave-
assisted sol-gel method using different Ni and Cu precursors ratios supported on …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on current urea removal technologies from water: An approach for pollution prevention and resource recovery

D Weerakoon, B Bansal, LP Padhye… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urea is the key nitrogenous waste product generated in the urea cycle in ureotelic animals.
Apart from that, urea and its derivatives are manufactured on a large scale for various …

Bifunctional vanadium doped mesoporous Co3O4 on nickel foam towards highly efficient overall urea and water splitting in the alkaline electrolyte

MS Amer, P Arunachalam, AM Al-Mayouf… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing more active and stable electrode materials for oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
and urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is necessary for electrocatalytic water and urea oxidation …

Nickel and cobalt bimetallic hydroxide catalysts for urea electro-oxidation

W Yan, D Wang, GG Botte - Electrochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
Nickel–Cobalt bimetallic hydroxide electrocatalysts, synthesized through a one-step
electrodeposition method, were evaluated for the oxidation of urea in alkaline conditions …