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Self-confinement synthesized Ni@Mo 2 C/CN can stalely achieve 10 mA/cm2 overall urea oxidation with 1.51 V applied voltage due to the mutual promotion effect of Ni and Mo 2 C on UOR activity and HER activity. [Display omitted] • Ni@Mo 2 C/CN catalyst was synthesized via an in situ self-confinement strategy. • A mutual promotion effect of Ni and Mo 2 C on UOR activity and HER activity exists. • An applied voltage of 1.51 V can achieve 10 m A/cm2 stable overall urea oxidation. Efficient hydrogen production from water splitting is crucial for sustainable energy and yet impeded by sluggish anodic water oxidation. Urea oxidation had been considered as an alternative reaction due to its much lower oxidation potential. Rational design of highly efficient cost-effective electrocatalysts for urea oxidation is therefore urgent for hydrogen production from overall urea oxidation. Here, the Ni/Mo 2 C@CN catalyst consisting of a porous carbon shell and a heterojunction Ni/Mo 2 C core was constructed by an in situ self-confinement synthesis strategy. The mutual promotion effect of Ni and Mo 2 C can boost the urea oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions at the same time. Only 1.51 V applied potential was needed to achieve stable 10 mA/cm2 overall urea oxidation on the Ni/Mo 2 C@CN catalyst. By considering the great stability resulting from the protective effect of the carbon shell, a practical application potential of Ni/Mo 2 C@CN in overall urea oxidation was achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Co, N co-doped carbon (CoN@C) with properly engineered heteropores was facilely synthesized using metal carbonate hydroxides as metal precursor and multistage porogen. CoN@C therefore exhibits superior ORR catalytic activity with a half-wave potential of 0.876 V vs. RHE, and the CoN@C-based zinc-air battery can be stably cycled for 100 h. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A facile boron doping strategy to improve the nitrogen retention in carbon-based catalysts is developed toward efficient oxygen reduction reaction via offsetting the electron migration. By considering the hetero-porous structure at the same time, this B, N co-doped catalyst outperforms commercial Pt/C in terms of both activity and stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]