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- Title
Coactivation of Multiphase Reactants for the Electrosynthesis of Urea.
- Authors
Lv, Zheng; Zhou, Shuanglong; Zhao, Liang; Liu, Ziyi; Liu, Jiaxin; Xu, Wenxia; Wang, Lei; Lai, Jianping
- Abstract
N2 and CO2 fixation is an environmentally friendly waste‐to‐energy technology that can replace tedious and demanding industrial urea productive processes. Here, VN‐Cu3N‐300 catalysts with tip and vacancy structures are designed for the coactivation of multiphase reactants in the urea electrosynthesis process. Under environmental conditions, the urea yield is 81 µg h−1 cm−2, this is the first report of high area active electrocatalyst, and the corresponding Faraday efficiency is able to reach 28.7%. The full‐cell electrolysis exhibits good stability, providing a current density of 0.7 mA cm−2 at 2.1 V. The electrolyte after continuous electrolysis for 48 h is subjected to being evaporated and recrystallized, and it is determined by 1H NMR that the purity of urea can reach 100%. Comprehensive analysis shows that the local electric field formed by the tip effect can effectively promote the adsorption and activation of CO2. The presence of surface nitrogen vacancies promotes the formation of *NN* intermediates, ensuring CN coupling, and also optimizing the dissociation process of water, providing a proton supply for the synthesis of urea. Thus, the rate‐determining step is altered and the formation of urea is ensured.
- Subjects
UREA; ELECTROSYNTHESIS; BIOCHEMICAL substrates; ELECTRIC fields; WASTE products as fuel; ELECTROLYSIS
- Publication
Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 25, p1
- ISSN
1614-6832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aenm.202300946