Designing advanced catalysts for energy conversion based on urea oxidation reaction

B Zhu, Z Liang, R Zou - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is the underlying reaction that determines the performance of
modern urea‐based energy conversion technologies. These technologies include …

Emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrocatalysis

H Jin, C Guo, X Liu, J Liu, A Vasileff, Y Jiao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for
efficient energy conversion technologies have been subjects of extensive study. With the …

Dual-doping NiMoO4 with multi-channel structure enable urea-assisted energy-saving H2 production at large current density in alkaline seawater

L Guo, J Chi, J Zhu, T Cui, J Lai, L Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seawater electrolysis is an efficient method for producing carbon-neutral hydrogen;
however, it is hindered by high energy cost and chlorine evolution reaction. In this study, we …

Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst

SK Geng, Y Zheng, SQ Li, H Su, X Zhao, J Hu, HB Shu… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Urea is often present in waste water but can be used in powering fuel cells and as an
alternative oxidation substrate to water in an electrolyser. However, an insufficient …

Self-supported NiO/CuO electrodes to boost urea oxidation in direct urea fuel cells

L Yang, R He, X Wang, T Yang, T Zhang, Y Zuo, X Lu… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct urea fuel cells (DUFCs) can be used to treat residual wastewater while generating
electricity. Herein, self-supported electrodes consisting of NiO nanosheets vertically grown …

Bimetal Schottky heterojunction boosting energy‐saving hydrogen production from alkaline water via urea electrocatalysis

C Wang, H Lu, Z Mao, C Yan, G Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen production via water electrocatalysis is limited by the sluggish anodic oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) that requires a high overpotential. In response, a urea‐assisted …

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 …

Cr-doped CoFe layered double hydroxides: Highly efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxidation of water and urea

Z Wang, W Liu, Y Hu, M Guan, L Xu, H Li, J Bao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR) play important roles in
the field of hydrogen energy preparation and pollution treatment. In this work, we …

Incorporation of CoO nanoparticles in 3D marigold flower-like hierarchical architecture MnCo2O4 for highly boosting solar light photo-oxidation and reduction ability

J Zheng, Z Lei - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
Most previous reported photocatalysts designs show that, either photocatalytic oxidation
(PCO) or reduction (PCR) is inhibited due to the insufficient govern of the photo-excited h+ …

The polyoxometalates mediated preparation of phosphate-modified NiMoO4− x with abundant O-vacancies for H2 production via urea electrolysis

Y Qiu, X Dai, Y Wang, X Ji, Z Ma, S Liu - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is urgent to develop non-noble metal electrocatalysts with both excellent activity and
durable stability for H 2 production via water electrolysis. Electric energy is mainly consumed …