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 …

Hydrogen and value-added products yield from hybrid water electrolysis: A critical review on recent developments

K Veeramani, G Janani, J Kim, S Surendran… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Water electrolysis is considered a promising approach for ultrapure hydrogen production.
However, the conventional water electrolysis method suffers from high overpotential, mainly …

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic splitting of water holds great promise as a sustainable and
environmentally friendly technology for hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics …

Heterojunction‐Induced Rapid Transformation of Ni3+/Ni2+ Sites which Mediates Urea Oxidation for Energy‐Efficient Hydrogen Production

P Guo, S Cao, W Huang, X Lu, W Chen… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Water electrolysis is an environmentally‐friendly strategy for hydrogen production but suffers
from significant energy consumption. Substituting urea oxidation reaction (UOR) with lower …

Facet-dependent surface restructuring on nickel (oxy) hydroxides: a self-activation process for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Y Yao, G Zhao, X Guo, P **ong, Z Xu… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Unraveling the catalyst surface structure and behavior during reactions is essential for both
mechanistic understanding and performance optimization. Here we report a phenomenon of …

Progress and perspectives in photo‐and electrochemical‐oxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production

H Luo, J Barrio, N Sunny, A Li, L Steier… - Advanced Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource
substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived materials, such as …

Interfacial engineering of the NiSe2/FeSe2 pp heterojunction for promoting oxygen evolution reaction and electrocatalytic urea oxidation

S Ni, H Qu, Z Xu, X Zhu, H **ng, L Wang, J Yu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis usually involves the charge transfer between the surface of
electrocatalysts and corresponding reactants. Thus, modulating the surface electron density …

Electrocatalytic synthesis of adipic acid coupled with H2 production enhanced by a ligand modification strategy

Z Li, X Li, H Zhou, Y Xu, SM Xu, Y Ren, Y Yan… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Adipic acid is an important building block of polymers, and is commercially produced by
thermo-catalytic oxidation of ketone-alcohol oil (a mixture of cyclohexanol and …

Rh-engineered ultrathin NiFe-LDH nanosheets enable highly-efficient overall water splitting and urea electrolysis

H Sun, W Zhang, JG Li, Z Li, X Ao, KH Xue… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Water splitting is a green strategy for hydrogen generation but greatly hindered by the
sluggish anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, ultrathin rhodium-doped nickel …

Modulation strategies for the preparation of high‐performance catalysts for urea oxidation reaction and their applications

CJ Huang, HM Xu, TY Shuai, QN Zhan, ZJ Zhang… - Small, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Compared with the traditional electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen, urea‐assisted
electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen has significant advantages and has received …