Issue 11, 2022

Double metal synergistic synthetic urea: an electrocatalytic study

Abstract

Due to the synergistic effects of different metal sites, the double atom or multiple atomic catalysts are very promising for use in electrocatalysis. This paper focuses on the synthesis of urea [CO(NH2)2] under the synergistic effects of bimetallics. The heteronuclear diatomic molecular catalysts were designed and screened, and the details and energy information of the elementary reactions were provided from the atomic level using theoretical simulation, which provided a new understanding for the study of the reaction mechanism. It was found that the NbVN6C catalyst was the best catalyst for the electrosynthesis of CO(NH2)2 (0.37 eV < 0.44 eV < 0.67 eV < 0.74 eV < 0.84 eV for NbVN6C, TaVN6C, WVN6C, MoVN6C, ReVN6C, respectively), and the optimal path was * → *N2 → *NN → *NNH → *NNH2 → *HNNH2 → *H2NNH2 → *H2NNH2–CO2 → *H2NNH2–COOH → *H2NCONH2. At the same time, compared with the homonuclear diatomic catalyst V2N6C, the heteronuclear diatomic molecular catalyst NbVN6C had a smaller limiting potential (−0.37 V and −0.59 V), which demonstrated the usefulness of this study.

Graphical abstract: Double metal synergistic synthetic urea: an electrocatalytic study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jan 2022
Accepted
15 Feb 2022
First published
15 Feb 2022

New J. Chem., 2022,46, 5278-5287

Double metal synergistic synthetic urea: an electrocatalytic study

Z. Zhang, L. Guo, J. Du and Y. Hou, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 5278 DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ00095D

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