Issue 27, 2024

Utilisation of carbon dioxide and nitrate for urea electrosynthesis with a Cu-based metal–organic framework

Abstract

It is important and challenging to utilise CO2 and NO3 as a feedstock for electrosynthesis of urea. Herein, we reported a stable 2D metal–organic framework (MOF) Cu-HATNA, possessing planar CuO4 active sites, as an efficient electrocatalyst for coupling CO2 and NO3 into urea, achieving a high yield rate of 1.46 g h−1 gcat−1 with a current density of 44.2 mA cm−1 at −0.6 V vs. RHE. This performance surpasses most of the previously reported catalysts, revealing the great prospects of MOFs in sustainable urea synthesis.

Graphical abstract: Utilisation of carbon dioxide and nitrate for urea electrosynthesis with a Cu-based metal–organic framework

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 nov. 2023
Accepted
27 feb. 2024
First published
04 mar. 2024

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 3669-3672

Utilisation of carbon dioxide and nitrate for urea electrosynthesis with a Cu-based metal–organic framework

M. Zhang, J. Huang, P. Liao and X. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 3669 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05821B

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