Modified Diacetylmonoxime‐Thiosemicarbazide Detection Protocol for Accurate Quantification of Urea

Abstract Renewable photo‐/electrocatalytic coreduction of CO 2 and nitrate to urea is a promising method for high‐value utilization of CO 2 . However, because of the low yields of the urea synthesis by photo‐/electrocatalysis process, the accurate quantification of low concentration urea is challenging. The traditional diacetylmonoxime‐thiosemicarbazide (DAMO‐TSC) method for urea detection has a high limit of quantification and accuracy, but it is easily affected by NO 2 − in the solution, which limits its application scope. Thus, the DAMO‐TSC method urgently requires a more rigorous design to eliminate the effects of NO 2 − and accurately quantify urea in nitrate systems. Herein, a modified DAMO‐TSC method is reported, which consumes NO 2 − in solution through a nitrogen release reaction; hence, the remaining products do not affect the accuracy of urea detection. The results of detecting urea solutions with different NO 2 − concentrations (within 30 ppm) show that the improved method can effectively control the error of urea detection within 3%.