Highly selective electroreduction of N 2 and CO 2 to urea over artificial frustrated Lewis pairs

2021/01/01 by Menglei Yuan, Junwu Chen, Yong Xu +10 · 4 citations
Chemical Engineering · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction #Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry #Covalent Organic Framework Applications

paper · doi:10.1039/d1ee02485j

openalex publication_date 2021/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Precisely fabricated frustrated Lewis pairs in the Ni 3 (BO 3 ) 2 nanocrystal achieve integration of the active sites and effective electrocatalytic C–N bond coupling to synthesize urea.

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