Identification and manipulation of dynamic active site deficiency-induced competing reactions in electrocatalytic oxidation processes

• DOI: 10.1039/d1ee03522c
• Publication Date: 2022-03-21T18:21:59Z
• Authors: Runjia Lin; Liqun Kang; Tianqi Zhao; Jianrui Feng; Veronica Celorrio; Guohui Zhang; Giannantonio Cibin; Anthony Kucernak; Dan J. L. Brett; Furio Corà; Ivan P. Parkin; Guanjie He
• Keywords: Technology; Engineering, Chemical; Energy & Fuels; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; EFFICIENT; Chemical; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; CATALYSTS; 01 natural sciences; Engineering; RECONSTRUCTION; OXIDES; Multidisciplinary; Science & Technology; Energy; HYDROGEN; PERFORMANCE; 540; 0104 chemical sciences; Chemistry; REDUCTION; Physical Sciences; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Sciences

A detrimental competition between the urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and oxygen evolution reaction is identified. Strategies are proposed to alleviate such competition and boost the performance of the UOR and other organic compound oxidation reactions.