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 …

Progress and prospective of nitrogen-based alternative fuels

O Elishav, B Mosevitzky Lis, EM Miller, DJ Arent… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Alternative fuels are essential to enable the transition to a sustainable and environmentally
friendly energy supply. Synthetic fuels derived from renewable energies can act as energy …

Direct urea fuel cells: Challenges and opportunities

ET Sayed, T Eisa, HO Mohamed… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
Direct urea fuel cell (DUFC) is an attractive and inexpensive method for the simultaneous
wastewater treatment (urine and urea-contaminated water) and electricity generation. Many …

Recent advances in the electro‑oxidation of urea for direct urea fuel cell and urea electrolysis

K Ke, G Wang, D Cao, G Wang - Electrocatalysis, 2020 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of recent advances in urea electro-oxidation. Urea sources
are abundant from human urine, urea-containing wastewater, and industrial urea, thus …

Advances in catalytic electrooxidation of urea: A review

RK Singh, K Rajavelu, M Montag… - Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is technologically important for the development of a
renewable energy infrastructure. Urea electrolysis (UE) can be used to produce hydrogen …

Urea Electrooxidation: Current Development and Understanding of Ni‐Based Catalysts

X Hu, J Zhu, J Li, Q Wu - ChemElectroChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, urea‐rich wastewater has become a big threat to human health. Electrocatalytic
techniques can convert urea from urea‐rich wastewater to hydrogen for ecological …

Nonprecious anodic catalysts for low-molecular-hydrocarbon fuel cells: Theoretical consideration and current progress

MA Abdelkareem, ET Sayed, HO Mohamed… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly into electrical
energy with high efficiency. The high cost of platinum catalysts and sluggish reaction kinetics …

Electrochemical urea oxidation in different environment: From mechanism to devices

X Wang, JP Li, Y Duan, J Li, H Wang, X Yang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urea has been regarded as an important chemical compound in the food‐water‐energy
nexus. However, the emission of urea from human activity, industrial manufacture, and …

Graphene-reinforced bulk metal matrix composites: synthesis, microstructure, and properties

SI Ahmad, H Hamoudi, A Abdala, ZK Ghouri… - Reviews on Advanced …, 2020 - degruyter.com
This paper provides a critical review on the current status of graphene-reinforced metal
matrix composites (GRMMCs) in an effort to guide future work on this topic. Metal matrix …

Direct urea fuel cells: Recent progress and critical challenges of urea oxidation electrocatalysis

G Gnana kumar, A Farithkhan… - Advanced Energy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Direct urea fuel cells (DUFCs) are proven as environmentally benign energy generation
devices and hold superior potential to meet the booming energy demand with the use of …