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 …

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 …

Recent progress in non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts for urea-assisted electrochemical hydrogen production

S Paygozar, ASR Aghdam, E Hassanizadeh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water electrolysis is known as an efficient strategy in the direction of green energy
production to remove fossil fuels and generate hydrogen. On the other hand, the slow …

Facile synthesis of mesoporous spinel NiCo 2 O 4 nanostructures as highly efficient electrocatalysts for urea electro-oxidation

R Ding, L Qi, M Jia, H Wang - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous spinel nickel cobaltite (NiCo2O4) nanostructures were synthesized via a facile
chemical deposition method coupled with a simple post-annealing process. The …

Electrochemical decomposition of urea with Ni-based catalysts

W Yan, D Wang, GG Botte - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2012 - Elsevier
Nickel based catalysts (Ni, Ni-Zn, and Ni-Zn-Co) synthesized through electrodeposition and
alkaline leaching processes were used as electrocatalysts for the electrochemical …

NiFe nanosheets as urea oxidation reaction electrocatalysts for urea removal and energy-saving hydrogen production

Y Diao, Y Liu, G Hu, Y Zhao, Y Qian, H Wang… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The preparation of high-performance electrocatalysts is a breakthrough to solve the
increasingly prominent problems of environmental degradation and energy depletion. Urea …

Sustainable at both ends: electrochemical CO 2 utilization paired with electrochemical treatment of nitrogenous waste

XV Medvedeva, JJ Medvedev, SW Tatarchuk… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss the environmental and energetic benefits of coupling nitrogenous waste
treatment with the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to value-added products via direct …

Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide–nickel nanocomposites for urea electrolysis

D Wang, W Yan, SH Vijapur, GG Botte - Electrochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Urea has been demonstrated as a stable, non-toxic, and non-flammable hydrogen carrier for
long-term sustainable energy supply. Electrocatalytic oxidation using nickel catalysts has …

Nickel nanowires as effective catalysts for urea electro-oxidation

W Yan, D Wang, LA Diaz, GG Botte - Electrochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Urea electrolysis catalyzed by bulk nickel catalysts has revealed great potential in hydrogen
production and remediation of urea-rich wastewater. In this study, one-dimensional (1-D) …

Electrodeposition NiMoSe ternary nanoshperes on nickel foam as bifunctional electrocatalyst for urea electrolysis and hydrogen evolution reaction

H Wang, X Jiao, W Zeng, Y Zhang, Y Jiao - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrodeposition provides a simple but effective way to prepare advanced electrode for the
application in electrochemical field. In this work, NiMoSe ternary nanospheres were …