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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)

Electron Bridge Enhanced Charge Polarization Enables Efficient and Ultra‐Long Stable Urea Electrosynthesis

  • Fan Wu1
  • Haixia Wang2
  • Wei Wang1
  • Junrong Zou1
  • Ruijie Zhou1
  • Fenglin Xie1
  • Peng Gao1
  • Weiliu Fan2
  • Nana Wang3
  • Zhongchao Bai4
  • Guoxiu Wang3
  • Wei Ye1
4 affiliations
  1. 1Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Material Technology, College of Material Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou Zhejiang P. R. China
  2. 2School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shandong University Jinan P. R. China
  3. 3Centre For Clean Energy Technology School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Science University of Technology Sydney Sydney NSW Australia
  4. 4University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai P. R. China
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Abstract

Urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrates powered by green electricity is a zero‐carbon route for urea production. Simultaneously achieving high activity and long‐term stability is a prerequisite for the industrialization of urea electrosynthesis. In this study, we propose an electron bridge strategy based on a Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom alloy to boost the electrocatalytic activity and durability for urea electrosynthesis. The single‐atom Ni1 sites act as electron bridges to promote charge transfer from Cu to Pd1 sites, leading to charge‐polarized Pd–Cu sites, which upshift the d‐band center and improve oxidation resistance of the catalyst. Consequently, the Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom sites simultaneously accelerates both carbon dioxide reduction and nitrates reduction half‐reactions, while facilitating the first C–N coupling step. The Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom alloys deliver a urea yield rate of 541.6 mmol gcat −1 h−1 with a urea Faradaic efficiency of 57.3%. Remarkably, this catalyst achieves a record durability of 1700 h at a current density of 40 mA cm−2. This work provides new insights into the synergistic catalysis of complex multi‐molecule reactions through cooperative multiple active sites.

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@article{wu2026electron,
  title = {{Electron Bridge Enhanced Charge Polarization Enables Efficient and Ultra‐Long Stable Urea Electrosynthesis}},
  author = {Fan Wu and Haixia Wang and Wei Wang and Junrong Zou and Ruijie Zhou and Fenglin Xie and Peng Gao and Weiliu Fan and Nana Wang and Zhongchao Bai and Guoxiu Wang and Wei Ye},
  journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1002/anie.2196422},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2196422},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Electron Bridge Enhanced Charge Polarization Enables Efficient and Ultra‐Long Stable Urea Electrosynthesis
AU  - Fan Wu
AU  - Haixia Wang
AU  - Wei Wang
AU  - Junrong Zou
AU  - Ruijie Zhou
AU  - Fenglin Xie
AU  - Peng Gao
AU  - Weiliu Fan
AU  - Nana Wang
AU  - Zhongchao Bai
AU  - Guoxiu Wang
AU  - Wei Ye
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/15
JO  - Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
DO  - 10.1002/anie.2196422
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2196422
AB  - Urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrates powered by green electricity is a zero‐carbon route for urea production. Simultaneously achieving high activity and long‐term stability is a prerequisite for the industrialization of urea electrosynthesis. In this study, we propose an electron bridge strategy based on a Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom alloy to boost the electrocatalytic activity and durability for urea electrosynthesis. The single‐atom Ni1 sites act as electron bridges to promote charge transfer from Cu to Pd1 sites, leading to charge‐polarized Pd–Cu sites, which upshift the d‐band center and improve oxidation resistance of the catalyst. Consequently, the Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom sites simultaneously accelerates both carbon dioxide reduction and nitrates reduction half‐reactions, while facilitating the first C–N coupling step. The Pd1 and Ni1 dual single‐atom alloys deliver a urea yield rate of 541.6 mmol gcat −1 h−1 with a urea Faradaic efficiency of 57.3%. Remarkably, this catalyst achieves a record durability of 1700 h at a current density of 40 mA cm−2. This work provides new insights into the synergistic catalysis of complex multi‐molecule reactions through cooperative multiple active sites.
SN  - 1433-7851
SN  - 1521-3773
ER  -