Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 100108.doi: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100108
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Minglei Sun, Zhong-Yong Yuan*(
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Received:2025-02-12
Revised:2025-04-27
Accepted:2025-05-28
Published:2025-07-04
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Email: zyyuan@nankai.edu.cn (Zhong-Yong Yuan)
Supported by:Minglei Sun, Zhong-Yong Yuan. Valorization strategies for electrodegradation of nitrogenous wastes in sewage[J]. Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41(9), 100108. doi: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100108
Fig 1
(a) The open circuit voltage of the assembled Zn-nitrate with CoCu-Ti3C2Tx as cathode. (b) Discharge polarization curves and the corresponding power density of the Zn-nitrate battery. (c) The Energy supply capacity test using electronic timer powered by Zn-nitrate battery. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [43] Copyright 2024 Wiley-VCH. (d) Schematic illustration of Zn-nitrate battery in flow cell configuration. (e) Photograph and the open circuit voltage of Zn-nitrate flow battery. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [45] Copyright 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry. (f) Schematic illustration of the alkaline-acid hybrid Zn-nitrate battery. (g) The open circuit voltage of the alkaline-acid hybrid Zn-nitrate battery. (h) Polarization curves and power density for the alkaline-acid hybrid Zn-nitrate battery. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [52] Copyright 2024 Springer."
Fig 2
(a) Schematic diagram of DHFC. (b) Digital photograph of the self-assembled DHFC unit. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [79] Copyright 2024 Elsevier. (c) Schematic diagram, and (d) prototype of the stacked membraneless DUFC. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [88] Copyright American Chemical Society. (e) The schematic diagram of proposed hydrazine-urea fuel cell. (f) The discharge curve of hydrazine-urea fuel cell and the corresponding power density. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [52] Copyright 2024 Springer."
Fig 3
(a) UOR LSV polarization curves in 1 mol·L−1 KOH and 1 mol·L−1 KOH + 0.5 mol·L−1 urea of TbSA@d-Co3O4. (b) HER LSV polarization curves in 1 mol·L−1 KOH and 1 mol·L−1 KOH + 0.5 mol·L−1 urea of TbSA@d-Co3O4. (c) Polarization curves for the water electrolysis (1 mol·L−1 KOH) and urea electrolysis (1 mol·L−1 KOH + 0.5 mol·L−1 urea) using TbSA@d-Co3O4 as both the anode and cathode. Schematic illustration and photograph of OUWS driven by (d) triboelectric nanogenerator, (e) 1.5 V battery, and (f) Si solar cell. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [106] Copyright 2024 Wiley-VCH. (g) Schematic illustration of the membrane-free OHWS adopting HEANC/C as both anode and cathode catalysts. (h) Polarization curves of OHWS and traditional water electrolysis systems using HEANC/C as both anode and cathode catalysts in 1 mol·L−1 KOH/0.1 mol·L−1 hydrazine solution and 1 mol·L−1 KOH solution, respectively. (i) Comparison of polarization curves of OHWS using HEANC/C and commercial Pt/C catalyst as bifunctional catalysts. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [117] Copyright 2023 Wiley-VCH."
Fig 4
(a) Schematic illustration of the Zn-hydrazine battery. (b) Galvanostatic discharge/charge curves at various current densities. (c) Galvanostatic discharge-charge cycling curves at 5 mA·cm−2. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [127] Copyright 2022 Wiley-VCH. (d) Schematic illustration of Zn-hydrazine battery and the corresponding electrochemical reactions. (e) Open circuit voltages of NiCoP/NF assembled Zn-Hz battery. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [96] Copyright 2023 American Chemical Society."
Fig 5
(a) Schematic flow cell for C―N coupling reaction to synthesize urea. (b) FEs of various products on L-Cu. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [142] Copyright 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry. (c) The proposed reaction pathway of the eight-step cascade co-electrosynthesis of methylamine from CO2 and nitrate. (d) Product distribution and total current density at −0.94 V versus RHE. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [139] Copyright 2021 Springer."
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