Nature Communications (Sep 2022)
Identifying and tailoring C–N coupling site for efficient urea synthesis over diatomic Fe–Ni catalyst
- Xiaoran Zhang,
- Xiaorong Zhu,
- Shuowen Bo,
- Chen Chen,
- Mengyi Qiu,
- Xiaoxiao Wei,
- Nihan He,
- Chao Xie,
- Wei Chen,
- Jianyun Zheng,
- Pinsong Chen,
- San Ping Jiang,
- Yafei Li,
- Qinghua Liu,
- Shuangyin Wang
Affiliations
- Xiaoran Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Xiaorong Zhu
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
- Shuowen Bo
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
- Chen Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Mengyi Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Xiaoxiao Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Nihan He
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Chao Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Wei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Jianyun Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Pinsong Chen
- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy & Chemical Engineering, Curtin University
- San Ping Jiang
- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy & Chemical Engineering, Curtin University
- Yafei Li
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
- Qinghua Liu
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
- Shuangyin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33066-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The direct electrocatalytic synthesis of urea via C–N coupling is of great significance. The authors report a diatomic catalyst with bonded Fe–Ni pairs to improve the efficiency of electrochemical urea synthesis from nitrate and CO2.
