Electrochemical synthesis of urea on MBenes.

ABSTRACT: Urea is an important raw material in the chemical industry and is widely used as a nitrogen source in chemical fertilizers. The current industrial urea synthesis not only requires harsh reaction conditions, but also consumes most of the NH₃ obtained through artificial synthesis. The conversion of N₂ and CO₂ into urea through electrochemical reactions under ambient conditions represents a novel green urea synthesis method. However, the large-scale promotion of this method is limited by the lack of suitable electrocatalysts. Here, by means of density functional theory computations, we systematically study the catalytic activity of three experimentally available two-dimensional metal borides (MBenes), Mo₂B₂, Ti₂B₂, a

SUBMITTER: Zhu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature