Revealing the synergistic effect of Cu–Cu2S during urea electrosynthesis

Yuhua Xie; Qi Xu; Shiao Zhu; Fang Luo; Zehui Yang

doi:10.1039/D6CC01185C

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Revealing the synergistic effect of Cu–Cu₂S during urea electrosynthesis

Yuhua Xie,^a Qi Xu,^b Shiao Zhu,^c Fang Luo

*^b and Zehui Yang

*^ac

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^a College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, P. R. China
E-mail: yeungzehui@gmail.com

^b State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials & Advanced Processing Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, P. R. China
E-mail: luofang04@gmail.com

^c Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo RD, Wuhan, China

Abstract

The adsorptions of CO₂ on Cu(0), NO₃⁻ on Cu(I) and H⁺ on S atoms, revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy and ICOHP theoretical calculation, synergistically contribute to robust urea electrosynthesis by Cu–Cu₂S.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01185C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 25 Feb 2026
Accepted: 31 Mar 2026
First published: 01 Apr 2026

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Revealing the synergistic effect of Cu–Cu₂S during urea electrosynthesis

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