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The conventional industrial production of nitrogen-containing fertilizers, such as urea and ammonia, relies heavily on energy-intensive processes, accounting for approximately 3 % of global annual CO2 emissions. Herein, we report a sustainable electrocatalytic approach that realizes direct and selective synthesis of urea and ammonia from co-reduction of CO2 and nitrates under ambient conditions. With the assistance of a copper (Cu)-based salphen organic catalyst, outstanding urea (3.64 mg h−1 ...

Electrochemical energy conversion processes driven by renewables, such as wind, hydro, and solar energy will inevitably be integral in any transition away from fossil fuels and will require the development of viable catalysts for large-scale implementation. Benchmark catalysts for these processes are usually based on platinum group metals; for cost and scalability reasons, these need to be replaced by Earth-abundant catalysts, that is, catalysts based on plentiful metals or carbon. In this chapt...

Environmental remediation approaches in terms of wastewater treatment and CO2 reduction using environmental energy are highly desirable for an industrialized society. Herein, the pyrocatalytic performance of electrospun lead-free ferroelectric Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 (BZT-xBCT, x = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6) micro-nano fibers is investigated, and BZT-0.5BCT is identified as an efficient pyrocatalyst for water pollutants decomposition driven by rhombohedral–tetragonal (R-T) phase trans...

In recent times there has been a great deal of interest in the conversion of carbon dioxide into more useful chemical compounds. On the other hand, the translation of these developments in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide from the laboratory bench to practical scale remains an underexplored topic. Here we examine some of the major challenges, demonstrating some promising strategies towards such scale-up, including increased electrode area and stacking of electrode pairs in different c...

Highly-efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable carbon-contained chemicals possesses a tremendous potential in solving the energy crisis and global warming problem. However, the inadequate separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the unsatisfied capture of CO2 stay the chief roadblocks. Herein, we designed a novel photocatalyst for CO2 reduction by assembling three-dimensional graphene (3D GR) with a typical metal-organic framework material UIO-66-NH2, aiming to const...

Electrochemical CO2 reduction offers a promising approach to alleviate environmental and climate impacts attributed to increasing atmospheric CO2. Intensive research work has been performed over the years on catalysts, membranes, and other associated components related to the development of CO2 electrolyzers. Herein, we assembled a full cell comprising a Bi nanoparticle (NP)-based cathode for reducing CO2 to formate and the earth-abundant NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH)-based anode for oxyge...

Abstract The production of new solar fuel through CO photocatalytic reduction has aroused tremendous attention in recent years because of the increased demand of global energy sources and global warming caused by the mass concentration of CO in the earths atmosphere. In this work, UiO-66-NH was co-modified by the Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) and Graphene (GR). The resultant nanocomposite exhibits a strong absorption edge in visible light owing to the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of Au-NPs. M...