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 …

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 …

Collaborative optimization of thermodynamic and kinetic for Ni-based hydroxides in electrocatalytic urea oxidation reaction

Z Zheng, D Wu, L Chen, S Chen, H Wan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ni-based hydroxides are brilliant electrocatalysts for alkaline urea oxidation reaction (UOR).
Herein, multiple Ni-based hydroxides were investigated by electrocatalytic test for UOR …

Fluorinated Ni‐O‐C Heterogeneous Catalyst for Efficient Urea‐Assisted Hydrogen Production

X Xu, H Ullah, M Humayun, L Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing multiple heterogeneous structures allows for improving the electrocatalytic
activity of NiO by incorporating multiple active sites. Unfortunately, the poor conductivity of …

Reduced anodic energy depletion in electrolysis by urea and water co-oxidization on NiFe-LDH: Activity origin and plasma functionalized strategy

D Li, X Zhou, L Liu, Q Ruan, X Zhang, B Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
As an alternative anodic reaction to water oxidization (oxygen evolution reaction, OER), the
urea oxidization reaction (UOR) is promising due to its favorable thermodynamics. However …

Redistributing interfacial charge density of Ni12P5/Ni3P via Fe do** for ultrafast urea oxidation catalysis at large current densities

X Xu, C Zhang, J Li, H Liu, G Su, Z Shi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-scale industrial application of urea electrolysis has prompted one to explore
inexpensive and efficient urea oxidation reaction (UOR) catalysts that can achieve large …

Boosted urea electro-oxidation over Ni3N-based nanocomposite via systematic regulation tactic

P Li, Y Huang, Q Huang, W Li, S Tian - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploiting high-efficiency Ni-based materials for electrocatalytic urea oxidation reaction
(UOR) is critical for urea-related technologies. The catalytic site density, intrinsic activity …

Nickel‐Doped Carbon Dots as an Efficient and Stable Electrocatalyst for Urea Oxidation

Z Zhu, K Ge, Z Li, J Hu, P Chen, H Bi - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urea is a typical contaminant present in wastewater which may cause severe environmental
problems. Electrochemical catalytic oxidation of urea has emerged as an efficient approach …

Elucidating the promotion mechanism of the ternary cooperative heterostructure toward industrial-level urea oxidation catalysis

X Xu, X Wei, L Xu, M Huang, A Toghan - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspective of electronic structure modulation, it is highly desirable to rationally
design the active urea oxidation reaction (UOR) catalysts through interface engineering. The …

Regulating the Ni-O bond length by constructing Ni (OH) 2/CNTs heterostructure for enhanced nucleophile electrocatalytic oxidation

M Chen, Y Zou, H Zhao, WD Zhang, Q Gong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The electro-driven generation of the active Ni (OH) O species is crucial for the Ni (OH) 2 to
efficiently drive the nucleophilic oxidation reaction. However, the strategy to facilitate the …