Turning Waste into Wealth: Sustainable Production of High-Value-Added Chemicals from Catalytic Coupling of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogenous Small Molecules

Interfacial Microextraction Boosting Nitrogen Feed for Efficient Ambient Ammonia Synthesis in Aqueous Electrolyte

(2022) Xiaowei Shen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Double metal synergistic synthetic urea: A Electrocatalytic Study

(2022) Zhijia Zhang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

A Defect Engineered Electrocatalyst that Promotes High-Efficiency Urea Synthesis under Ambient Conditions

(2022) Chade Lv et al.   ACS Nano

Understanding the Site‐Selective Electrocatalytic Co‐Reduction Mechanism for Green Urea Synthesis Using Copper Phthalocyanine Nanotubes

(2022) Jit Mukherjee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Construction of C–N bonds from small-molecule precursors through heterogeneous electrocatalysis

(2022) Junnan Li et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Selective C–N Coupling toward Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis

(2022) Xiaoxiao Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tuning the Coordination Structure of CuNC Single Atom Catalysts for Simultaneous Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 and NO 3 – to Urea

(2022) Josh Leverett et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Advancing the Electrochemistry of Gas‐Involved Reactions through Theoretical Calculations and Simulations from Microscopic to Macroscopic

(2022) Yanzheng He et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Carbon nanotubes with fluorine-rich surface as metal-free electrocatalyst for effective synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2

(2022) Xiaowen Liu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Distorted spinel ferrite heterostructure triggered by alkaline earth metal substitution facilitates nitrogen localization and electrocatalytic reduction to ammonia

(2022) Yuzhuo Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

An industrial perspective on catalysts for low-temperature CO2 electrolysis

(2021) Richard I. Masel et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Unveiling Electrochemical Urea Synthesis by Co‐Activation of CO2 and N2 with Mott‐Schottky Heterostructure Catalysts

(2021) Menglei Yuan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Architectural Design for Enhanced C2 Product Selectivity in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Cu-Based Catalysts: A Review

(2021) Changlong Xiao et al.   ACS Nano

Reversed Charge Transfer and Enhanced Hydrogen Spillover in Pt Nanoclusters Anchored on Titanium Oxide with Rich Oxygen Vacancies Boost Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2021) Zhen-Wei Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photocatalytic Synthesis of Urea (CO2/N2/H2O) on Coal-Based Carbon Nanotubes with the Fe-Core-Supported Ti3+-TiO2 Composite Catalyst

(2021) Halidan Maimaiti et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis

(2021) Sisi Liu et al.   Nature Catalysis

Direct electrosynthesis of methylamine from carbon dioxide and nitrate

(2021) Yueshen Wu et al.   Nature Sustainability

Electrochemical Synthesis of Glycine from Oxalic Acid and Nitrate

(2021) Jeong Eun Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrochemical synthesis of urea on MBenes

(2021) Xiaorong Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Salting-out effect promoting highly efficient ambient ammonia synthesis

(2021) Mengfan Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Electrocatalytic nitrate/nitrite reduction to ammonia synthesis using metal nanocatalysts and bio-inspired metalloenzymes

(2021) Jing Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Techno-economic assessment of low-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis

(2021) Haeun Shin et al.   Nature Sustainability

Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide

(2021) Chade Lv et al.   Nature Sustainability

Solar Urea: Towards a Sustainable Fertilizer Industry

(2021) Meikun Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dual-Silicon-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride Sheet: An Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Urea Synthesis

(2021) Prodyut Roy et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Accessing Organonitrogen Compounds via C–N Coupling in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

(2021) Zixu Tao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-metal boron atoms on a CuB12 monolayer as efficient catalytic sites for urea production

(2021) Changyan Zhu et al.   Chemical Science

Interfacial Electrolyte Effects on Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

(2021) Bangwei Deng et al.   ACS Catalysis

Cascade electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrate to ethylamine

(2021) Zixu Tao et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Direct Electrosynthesis of Urea from Carbon Dioxide and Nitric Oxide

(2021) Yanmei Huang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Methanol-Mediated Electrosynthesis of Ammonia

(2021) Yongwen Ren et al.   ACS Energy Letters

A review on sensing and catalytic activity of nano-catalyst for synthesis of one-step ammonia and urea: Challenges and perspectives

(2021) Saima Qureshi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A Zn–CO 2 Flow Battery Generating Electricity and Methane

(2020) Kai Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Potential Link between Cu Surface and Selective CO 2 Electroreduction: Perspective on Future Electrocatalyst Designs

(2020) Gracita M. Tomboc et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Selective Reduction of CO2 to C2+ Hydrocarbons at Cu/Polyaniline Interfaces

(2020) Xing Wei et al.   ACS Catalysis

A Disquisition on the Active Sites of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Value‐Added Chemicals and Fuel

(2020) Rahman Daiyan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Unveiling the Essential Nature of Lewis Basicity in Thermodynamically and Dynamically Promoted Nitrogen Fixation

(2020) Mengfan Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mesoporous PdAg Nanospheres for Stable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Formate

(2020) Yuan Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions

(2020) Chen Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Activating Copper for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Formate via Molecular Interactions

(2020) Zixu Tao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Surfactant Perturbation of Cation Interactions at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in Carbon Dioxide Reduction

(2020) Soumyodip Banerjee et al.   ACS Catalysis

Altering the rate-determining step over cobalt single clusters leading to highly efficient ammonia synthesis

(2020) Sisi Liu et al.   National Science Review

Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direct eight-electron transfer using a copper–molecular solid catalyst

(2020) Gao-Feng Chen et al.   Nature Energy

Oxygen vacancies enhanced cooperative electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrite ions to urea

(2020) Na Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Te-Doped Pd Nanocrystal for Electrochemical Urea Production by Efficiently Coupling Carbon Dioxide Reduction with Nitrite Reduction

(2020) Yonggang Feng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

(2019) Mengfan Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Enhancing Activity and Reducing Cost for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ by Supporting Palladium on Metal Carbides

(2019) Jiajun Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

What would it take for renewably powered electrosynthesis to displace petrochemical processes?

(2019) Phil De Luna et al.   SCIENCE

Two-dimensional copper nanosheets for electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide to acetate

(2019) Wesley Luc et al.   Nature Catalysis

Formation of carbon–nitrogen bonds in carbon monoxide electrolysis

(2019) Matthew Jouny et al.   Nature Chemistry

High Efficiency Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation Achieved with a Lower Pressure Reaction System by Changing the Chemical Equilibrium

(2019) Hui Cheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Domino electroreduction of CO2 to methanol on a molecular catalyst

(2019) Yueshen Wu et al.   NATURE

Facilitating nitrogen accessibility to boron-rich covalent organic frameworks via electrochemical excitation for efficient nitrogen fixation

(2019) Sisi Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Nanoporous Palladium Hydride for Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions

(2019) Wence Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cooperative CO2-to-ethanol conversion via enriched intermediates at molecule–metal catalyst interfaces

(2019) Fengwang Li et al.   Nature Catalysis

Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

(2018) Kun Jiang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Rational design of electrocatalysts and photo(electro)catalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NH3) under ambient conditions

(2018) Chunxian Guo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

MWCNT for ambient urea synthesis

(2018) Noorhana Yahya et al.   PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER

The molecular processes of urea hydrolysis in relation to ammonia emissions from agriculture

(2018) Jens Jakob Sigurdarson et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations

(2018) Jingguang G. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

New challenges of electrokinetic studies in investigating the reaction mechanism of electrochemical CO2 reduction

(2018) Chan Woo Lee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The molecular processes of urea hydrolysis in relation to ammonia emissions from agriculture

(2018) Jens Jakob Sigurdarson et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review

(2018) Mary Ward et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Oriented electron transmission in polyoxometalate-metalloporphyrin organic framework for highly selective electroreduction of CO2

(2018) Yi-Rong Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Unlocking Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity for CO2 Reduction Reaction by Win-Win Metal–Oxide Cooperation

(2018) Zhao Cai et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids

(2017) Fengling Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to urea on nano-FeTiO3 surface

(2017) Palanisamy Siva et al.   IONICS

Green urea synthesis catalyzed by hematite nanowires in magnetic field

(2017) Noorhana Yahya et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

Current Status and Bioinspired Perspective of Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to a Long-Chain Hydrocarbon

(2017) Ki Dong Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The effect of saturation magnetization of nanocatalyst and oscillating magnetic field for green urea synthesis

(2017) Noorhana Yahya et al.   PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER

The role of CO2 capture and utilization in mitigating climate change

(2017) Niall Mac Dowell et al.   Nature Climate Change

Electroreduction of CO2 Catalyzed by a Heterogenized Zn–Porphyrin Complex with a Redox-Innocent Metal Center

(2017) Yueshen Wu et al.   ACS Central Science

Electrolysis of Gaseous CO2 to CO in a Flow Cell with a Bipolar Membrane

(2017) Danielle A. Salvatore et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Simultaneous electrocatalytic reduction of dinitrogen and carbon dioxide on conducting polymer electrodes

(2016) Didem Balun Kayan et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Amino acid modified copper electrodes for the enhanced selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide towards hydrocarbons

(2016) Ming Shi Xie et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Carbon dioxide uptake as ammonia and amine carbamates and their efficient conversion into urea and 1,3-disubstituted ureas

(2016) Francesco Barzagli et al.   Journal of CO2 Utilization

Selective Synthesis of Trimethylamine by Catalytic N -Methylation of Ammonia and Ammonium Chloride by utilizing Carbon Dioxide and Molecular Hydrogen

(2015) Kassem Beydoun et al.   ChemCatChem

Catalysts and Reaction Pathways for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

(2015) Ruud Kortlever et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Selective reduction of CO2 to formate through bicarbonate reduction on metal electrodes: new insights gained from SG/TC mode of SECM

(2014) Narayanaru Sreekanth et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

An overview of current status of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies

(2014) Dennis Y.C. Leung et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Porous materials with optimal adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics for CO2 separation

(2013) Patrick Nugent et al.   NATURE

Urea formation from carbon dioxide and ammonia at atmospheric pressure

(2012) Xiaofeng Xiang et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

From greenhouse gas to feedstock: formation of ammonium carbamate from CO2 and NH3 in organic solvents and its catalytic conversion into urea under mild conditions

(2011) Francesco Barzagli et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY