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 semiconductor heterojunctions: a detailed review of the fundamentals of photocatalysis, charge transfer mechanism and materials

A Balapure, JR Dutta, R Ganesan - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, due to its operability under sustainable and green energy conditions, is one
of the cardinal branches of the environmental remediation domain. To date, a significant …

Transition Metal‐Based Catalysts for Urea Oxidation Reaction (UOR): Catalyst Design Strategies, Applications, and Future Perspectives

S Xu, X Ruan, M Ganesan, J Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has garnered significant attention in recent years as a
promising and sustainable clean‐energy technology. Urea‐containing wastewater poses …

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 …

Heterostructured NiSe2/MoSe2 electronic modulation for efficient electrocatalysis in urea assisted water splitting reaction

C Yin, F Yang, S Wang, L Feng - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient heterogeneous catalysts play a very important role in the value-updated green
hydrogen production from urea-containing wastewater. Herein, NiSe 2/MoSe 2 …

Engineering advanced noble-metal-free electrocatalysts for energy-saving hydrogen production from alkaline water via urea electrolysis

J Yu, Z Li, C Wang, X Xu, T Liu, D Chen, Z Shao… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
When the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of water splitting is replaced by the urea
oxidation reaction (UOR), the electrolyzer can fulfill hydrogen generation in an energy …

Electronic structure engineering of electrocatalyst for efficient urea oxidation reaction

AS Rasal, HM Chen, WY Yu - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Urea electrolysis is a viable approach to produce hydrogen energy, while the urea oxidation
reaction (UOR) presents major obstacles due to its low conversion efficiency and high …

Electro-assisted photothermal synergy for removal of volatile organic compounds over Au single atoms anchored TiO2 nanotubes

X Wang, X Liu, L Liu, Y Hao, Z Zhou, F Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas-phase photoelectrocatalysis (GPEC) systems for treating gas pollution may lead to a
Joule-heat effect and form photothermal synergy under an external bias voltage. However …

[HTML][HTML] Solar photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of urea in water coupled to green hydrogen production

A Rioja-Cabanillas, S McMichael… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
In past decades, the intensification of human activities has led to an increase in pollution
and energy demand. Photoelectrochemical systems have emerged as an alternative for the …

Effect of sulfidation and phosphidation on Fe doped Co LDH/nickel foam for efficient multifunctional water splitting electrodes, urea oxidation reaction, and seawater …

MH Sepahdar, SM Masoudpanah, MS Bafghi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the binder-free Fe-doped cobalt LDH/nickel foam (CoFe LDH/NF) electrode was
prepared using the hydrothermal method. To achieve higher electrocatalyst activity of CoFe …