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 strategies for improving the added value and expanding the scope of CO 2 electroreduction products

M Jiang, H Wang, M Zhu, X Luo, Y He… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals has been explored as a
promising solution to realize carbon neutrality and inhibit global warming. This involves …

Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalysts

Y Luo, K **e, P Ou, C Lavallais, T Peng, Z Chen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The nitrogen cycle needed for scaled agriculture relies on energy-and carbon-intensive
processes and generates nitrate-containing wastewater. Here we focus on an alternative …

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 …

Dynamic reconstitution between copper single atoms and clusters for electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, Y Liu, X Zhu, S Bo, L **ao, C Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrocatalytic C N coupling between carbon dioxide and nitrate has emerged to
meet the comprehensive demands of carbon footprint closing, valorization of waste, and …

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 …

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 …

Oxygen vacancy-mediated selective C–N coupling toward electrocatalytic urea synthesis

X Wei, X Wen, Y Liu, C Chen, C **e… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic C–N coupling for one-step urea synthesis under ambient conditions
serves as the promising alternative to the traditional urea synthetic protocol. However, the …

Promoting Electroreduction of CO2 and NO3 to Urea via Tandem Catalysis of Zn Single Atoms and In2O3‐x

Y Zhang, Z Li, K Chen, X Yang, H Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urea electrosynthesis from co‐electrolysis of CO2 and NO3−(UECN) offers an innovative
route for converting waste CO2/NO3− into valuable urea. Herein, Zn single atoms anchored …

Sequential co-reduction of nitrate and carbon dioxide enables selective urea electrosynthesis

Y Li, S Zheng, H Liu, Q **ong, H Yi, H Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite the recent achievements in urea electrosynthesis from co-reduction of nitrogen
wastes (such as NO3−) and CO2, the product selectivity remains fairly mediocre due to the …