Highly selective urea electrooxidation coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 5918 - 10
• Main Authors: Zhan, Guangming, Hu, Lufa, Li, Hao, Dai, Jie, Zhao, Long, Zheng, Qian, Zou, Xingyue, Shi, Yanbiao, Wang, Jiaxian, Hou, Wei, Yao, Yancai, Zhang, Lizhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.07.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 119/118; 140/133; 140/146; 140/58; 639/301/299/886; 639/638/161/886; 639/638/169/896; Active sites; Amino groups; Asymmetry; Carbonyl compounds; Carbonyls; Cyanates; Denitrification; Electrocatalysts; Electrochemistry; Evolution; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen evolution; Hydrogen production; multidisciplinary; Nitrites; Oxidation; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Selectivity; Solar energy; Urea; Wastewater

Electrochemical urea oxidation offers a sustainable avenue for H 2 production and wastewater denitrification within the water-energy nexus; however, its wide application is limited by detrimental cyanate or nitrite production instead of innocuous N 2 . Herein we demonstrate that atomically isolated...