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Spin catalysis uses magnetic catalysts to overcome the spin-prohibited process in chemical reactions, which so far is mostly limited to triplet oxygen generation in water oxidation. Here, we report the spinenhanced urea electrosynthesis on the catalyst of diluted magnetic oxides (Cu-In2O3), in which the limiting potential of urea production is qualitatively eliminated under a magnetic field. Magneto-electrochemical infrared spectroscopy is used to reveal the key C-N intermediate of *NHCOOH formed by *CO2 and *NH2. Its rate-determining step of hydrogen transfer (HT) is sensitive to the spin states on CuIn2O3 catalyst. When the Cu site has a fixed spin orientation under an applied field, the adsorbed *CO2 with *NH2 through hydrogen bonding. The antiparallel spins further facilitate the breakage of N-H bonds and the formation of O-H bonds in HT, as evidenced by the kinetic isotope effect. The spin-enhanced HT process lowers the energy barrier for C-N coupling, which extends the concept of spin catalysis to the synthesis of value-added C-N chemicals.
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CCS CHEMISTRY
Year: 2025
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