电合成
法拉第效率
电化学
产量(工程)
催化作用
尿素
密度泛函理论
联轴节(管道)
傅里叶变换红外光谱
化学
材料科学
无机化学
化学工程
物理化学
计算化学
电极
有机化学
工程类
冶金
作者
Mingyu Cheng,Wei Shao,Zhifeng Dai,Jing Xia,Bocheng Zhang,Pingyi Feng,Yin Zhu,Yangyang Zhang,Genqiang Zhang
标识
DOI:10.1002/anie.202413534
摘要
Electrocatalytic C‐N coupling for urea synthesis from carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrate (NO3‐) offers a sustainable alternative to the traditional Bosch‐Meiser method. However, the complexity of intermediates in co‐reduction hampers simultaneous improvement in urea yield and Faradaic efficiency (FE). Herein, we developed a Cu/Cu2O Mott‐Schottky catalyst with nanoscale rectifying heterointerfaces through precise controllable in‐situ electroreduction of Cu2O nanowires, achieving notable FE (32.6‐47.0%) and substantial yields (6.08‐30.4 μmol h‐1 cm‐2) across a broad range of ultralow applied potentials (0 to ‐0.3 V vs. RHE). Operando synchrotron radiation‐Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SR‐FTIR) confirmed the formation of *CO intermediates and C‐N bonds, subsequently density functional theory (DFT) calculations deciphered that the Cu/Cu2O rectifying heterointerface modulated *CO adsorption, significantly enhancing subsequent C‐N coupling dynamics between *CO and *NOH intermediates. This work not only provides a groundbreaking and advanced pathway for C‐N coupling, but also offers deep insights into copper‐based heterointerface catalysts for urea synthesis.
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