Copper with an atomic-scale spacing for efficient electrocatalytic co-reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrate to urea
Seokmin Shin, Siraj Sultan, Zong‐Xian Chen, Hojeong Lee, Hojeong Lee, Hansaem Choi, Tae‐Ung Wi, Chang-Hyun Park, Tae‐Won Kim, Chanhee Lee, Jihong Jeong, Hyeju Shin, Taehee Kim, HyungKuk Ju, Hyung Chul Yoon, Hyun‐Kon Song, Hyun‐Wook Lee, Hyun‐Wook Lee, Mu‐Jeng Cheng, Youngkook Kwon
Abstract
This work presents that Cu with atomic-scale spacings ( d s ) efficiently catalyses the electrochemical co-reduction of CO 2 and NO 3 − to urea. Specifically, Cu with d s near 6 Å (6 Å-Cu) produces urea with a high yield rate and partial current density.
Topics & Concepts
UreaElectrochemistryCopperYield (engineering)Inorganic chemistryChemistryReduction (mathematics)Carbon dioxideNitrateCatalysisAtomic unitsCurrent densityMaterials scienceElectrodePhysical chemistryMetallurgyMathematicsOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsGeometryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques