Designing Advanced Catalysts for Energy Conversion Based on Urea Oxidation Reaction

Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is the underlying reaction that determines the performance of modern urea-based energy conversion technologies. These technologies include electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical urea splitting for hydrogen production and direct urea fuel cells as power engines. They have demonstrated great potentials as alternatives to current water splitting and hydrogen fuel cell systems with more favorable operating conditions and cost effectiveness. At the moment, UOR performance is mainly limited by the 6-electron transfer process. In this case, various material design and synthesis strategies have recently been reported to produce highly efficient UOR catalysts. The performance of these…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 51772008, 51902009
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2017YFA0206701
• FR
  Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities