Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

X Peng, L Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Y Li, Z Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical C–N coupling reactions based on abundant small molecules (such as CO2
and N2) have attracted increasing attention as a new “green synthetic strategy” for the …

Urea Electrosynthesis from Nitrate and CO2 on Diatomic Alloys

K Chen, D Ma, Y Zhang, F Wang, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urea electrosynthesis from co–electrolysis of NO3− and CO2 (UENC) offers a promising
technology for achieving sustainable and efficient urea production. Herein, a diatomic alloy …

Efficient urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrate via alternating Cu–W bimetallic C–N coupling sites

Y Zhao, Y Ding, W Li, C Liu, Y Li, Z Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic urea synthesis is an emerging alternative technology to the traditional
energy-intensive industrial urea synthesis protocol. Novel strategies are urgently needed to …

Atomically Dispersed Ni–Cu Catalysts for pH‐Universal CO2 Electroreduction

L Zhang, J Feng, S Liu, X Tan, L Wu, S Jia… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CO2 electroreduction is of great significance to reduce CO2 emissions and complete the
carbon cycle. However, the unavoidable carbonate formation and low CO2 utilization …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y **ong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

Review on electrocatalytic coreduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogenous species for urea synthesis

M Jiang, M Zhu, M Wang, Y He, X Luo, C Wu, L Zhang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical coreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogenous species (such as
NO3–, NO2–, N2, and NO) for urea synthesis under ambient conditions provides a …

Inter‐Metal Interaction with a Threshold Effect in NiCu Dual‐Atom Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction

D Yao, C Tang, X Zhi, B Johannessen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐atom catalysts (DACs) have become an emerging platform to provide more flexible
active sites for electrocatalytic reactions with multi‐electron/proton transfer, such as the CO2 …

Kinetically matched C–N coupling toward efficient urea electrosynthesis enabled on copper single-atom alloy

M Xu, F Wu, Y Zhang, Y Yao, G Zhu, X Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemical C–N coupling from CO2 and NO3–, driven by renewable electricity, toward urea
synthesis is an appealing alternative for Bosch–Meiser urea production. However, the …

Activity and Selectivity Roadmap for C–N Electro-Coupling on MXenes

Y Jiao, H Li, Y Jiao, SZ Qiao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical coupling between carbon and nitrogen species to generate high-value C–N
products, including urea, presents significant economic and environmental potentials for …