Utilisation of carbon dioxide and nitrate for urea electrosynthesis with a Cu-based metal-organic framework

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 6; no. 27; pp. 3669 - 3672
• Main Authors: Zhang, Meng-Di, Huang, Jia-Run, Liao, Pei-Qin, Chen, Xiao-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 28.03.2024
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Copper; Electrocatalysts; Metal-organic frameworks; Urea

It is important and challenging to utilise CO 2 and NO 3 − as a feedstock for electrosynthesis of urea. Herein, we reported a stable 2D metal-organic framework (MOF) Cu-HATNA, possessing planar CuO 4 active sites, as an efficient electrocatalyst for coupling CO 2 and NO 3 − into urea, achieving a hi...