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 …

Understanding the bifunctional catalytic ability of electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction and urea oxidation Reaction: Recent advances and perspectives

L Fei, H Sun, X Xu, Y Li, R Ran, W Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Significant progress has been made in the discovery of bifunctional electrocatalysts for
energy storage and conversion systems. Particularly, high-performance bifunctional …

Boosting urea electrooxidation on oxyanion-engineered nickel sites via inhibited water oxidation

X Gao, X Bai, P Wang, Y Jiao, K Davey… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Renewable energy-based electrocatalytic oxidation of organic nucleophiles (eg methanol,
urea, and amine) are more thermodynamically favourable and, economically attractive to …

Modulating the electronic structure of Ni (OH) 2 by coupling with low-content Pt for boosting the urea oxidation reaction enables significantly promoted energy-saving …

M Zhong, M Xu, S Ren, W Li, C Wang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Replacing the high-potential oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by the low-potential
nucleophile oxidation reaction (NOR) is an essential way to further promote the production …

Directed Urea‐to‐Nitrite Electrooxidation via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption on Co, Ge Co‐Doped Ni Sites

P Wang, X Bai, H Jin, X Gao, K Davey… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is an alternative to electrooxidation of
water for energy–saving hydrogen (H2) production. To maximize this purpose, design of …

Ultrafine Homologous Ni2P–Co2P Heterostructures via Space‐Confined Topological Transformation for Superior Urea Electrolysis

Y Liao, Y Chen, L Li, S Luo, Y Qing… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing effective electrocatalysts based on ultrafine heterostructures is a promising
strategy for boosting catalytic performance by exposing active sites and increasing specific …

Unveiling the role of iron in the nickel-catalyzed urea oxidation reaction

VM Zemtsova, AG Oshchepkov, ER Savinova - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical urea oxidation reaction (UOR) on Ni has recently attracted much
attention as part of the global effort to produce hydrogen from waste. Fe addition to Ni …

Highly selective urea electrooxidation coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution

G Zhan, L Hu, H Li, J Dai, L Zhao, Q Zheng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Electrochemical urea oxidation offers a sustainable avenue for H2 production and
wastewater denitrification within the water-energy nexus; however, its wide application is …

Electrocatalytic urea oxidation: advances in mechanistic insights, nanocatalyst design, and applications

W Ge, L Lin, SQ Wang, Y Wang, X Ma, Q An… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has emerged as one of the promising half-reactions for
energy conversion and storage devices due to its low thermodynamic potential (− 0.46 V vs …

Ni-Doped MnO2 Nanosheet Arrays for Efficient Urea Oxidation

H Zhang, Y Bai, X Lu, L Wang, Y Zou, Y Tang… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR), with a low thermodynamic potential, offers great promise for
replacing anodic oxygen evolution reaction of electrolysis systems such as water splitting …