Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting

H **, J Xu, H Liu, H Shen, H Yu, M Jaroniec… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the
exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex …

Principles of designing electrocatalyst to boost reactivity for seawater splitting

X Liu, J Chi, H Mao, L Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Directly seawater electrolysis would be a transformative technology for large‐scale carbon‐
neutral hydrogenproduction without relying on pure water. However, current seawater …

Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst

J Guo, Y Zheng, Z Hu, C Zheng, J Mao, K Du… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the
shortage of freshwater resources. Seawater is abundant but must be desalinated before use …

Interfacial Engineering of Ni3N/Mo2N Heterojunctions for Urea-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

T Wang, L Miao, S Zheng, H Qin, X Cao, L Yang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is considered as an alternative to the oxygen evolution
reaction for high-efficiency hydrogen production. However, an urea molecule is relatively …

Electrocatalytic seawater splitting: Nice designs, advanced strategies, challenges and perspectives

J Liang, Z Li, X He, Y Luo, D Zheng, Y Wang, T Li… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
H 2 has a sufficiently high energy density and a combustion process that emits no carbon,
therefore being an appealing storable alternative to fossil fuels. With evident advantages of …

The rapid self-reconstruction of Fe-modified Ni hydroxysulfide for efficient and stable large-current-density water/seawater oxidation

C Huang, Q Zhou, D Duan, L Yu, W Zhang… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The reasonable design of electrocatalysts with rapid self-reconstruction for an efficient
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at commercially required current densities is highly …

Rationally designing efficient electrocatalysts for direct seawater splitting: challenges, achievements, and promises

J Liu, S Duan, H Shi, T Wang, X Yang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Directly splitting seawater to produce hydrogen provides a promising pathway for energy
and environmental sustainability. However, current seawater splitting faces many …

Asymmetric CoN3P1 Trifunctional Catalyst with Tailored Electronic Structures Enabling Boosted Activities and Corrosion Resistance in an Uninterrupted Seawater …

X Wang, X Zhou, C Li, H Yao, C Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Employing seawater splitting systems to generate hydrogen can be economically
advantageous but still remains challenging, particularly for designing efficient and high Cl …

Self‐supported electrocatalysts for practical water electrolysis

H Yang, M Driess, PW Menezes - Advanced energy materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the years, significant advances have been made to boost the efficiency of water
splitting by carefully designing economic electrocatalysts with augmented conductivity, more …

An ultra-low Pt metal nitride electrocatalyst for sustainable seawater hydrogen production

H Hu, Z Zhang, Y Zhang, T Thomas, H Du… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of hydrogen through electrolysis of seawater is a promising technology for
sustainable energy generation. Platinum (Pt) is currently the most efficient catalyst for the …