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 …

Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts

L Gloag, SV Somerville, JJ Gooding… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are advantageous because every active atom is exposed at
the surface, ensuring maximum utilization of catalytically active metals. To optimize the …

Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

J Chen, C Chen, M Qin, B Li, B Lin, Q Mao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Noble metal electrocatalysts (eg, Pt, Ru, etc.) suffer from sluggish kinetics of water
dissociation for the electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen in alkaline and …

Electrochemical biomass upgrading coupled with hydrogen production under industrial‐level current density

Q Qian, X He, Z Li, Y Chen, Y Feng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As promising hydrogen energy carrier, formic acid (HCOOH) plays an indispensable role in
building a complete industry chain of a hydrogen economy. Currently, the biomass …

Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Y Qi, Y Zhang, L Yang, Y Zhao, Y Zhu, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Designing efficient catalysts and understanding the underlying mechanisms for anodic
nucleophile electrooxidation are central to the advancement of electrochemically-driven …

Unraveling a bifunctional mechanism for methanol-to-formate electro-oxidation on nickel-based hydroxides

B Zhu, B Dong, F Wang, Q Yang, Y He, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For nickel-based catalysts, in-situ formed nickel oxyhydroxide has been generally believed
as the origin for anodic biomass electro-oxidations. However, rationally understanding the …

CeO2 as an “electron pump” to boost the performance of Co4N in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and biomass oxidation valorization

P Zhou, G Hai, G Zhao, R Li, X Huang, Y Lu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** multifunctional electrocatalysts with excellent hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation reaction …

Cooperative Rh-O5/Ni(Fe) Site for Efficient Biomass Upgrading Coupled with H2 Production

L Zeng, Y Chen, M Sun, Q Huang, K Sun… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Designing efficient and durable bifunctional catalysts for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)
oxidation reaction (HMFOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is desirable for the co …

Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

H Zhou, Y Ren, Z Li, M Xu, Y Wang, R Ge… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plastic wastes represent a largely untapped resource for manufacturing chemicals and fuels,
particularly considering their environmental and biological threats. Here we report …

Selective electrooxidation of biomass‐derived alcohols to aldehydes in a neutral medium: promoted water dissociation over a nickel‐oxide‐supported ruthenium …

R Ge, Y Wang, Z Li, M Xu, SM Xu, H Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The biomass‐derived alcohol oxidation reaction (BDAOR) holds great promise for
sustainable production of chemicals. However, selective electrooxidation of alcohols to …