Seawater electrolysis holds immense promise as a means to decarbonize the global energy sector. However, challenges such as anode corrosion by chloride ions, unwanted chloride oxidation reactions ...

More information: Jiaxin Guo et al, Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst, Nature Energy (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01195-x.

Seawater electrolysis can be a carbon-negative method for producing minerals such as calcium carbonate (shown) for cement and other building materials. Northwestern University.

University of Tsukuba researchers develop highly durable electrodes for hydrogen production from seawater. The multi-elemental alloy electrode can sustain anode performance for over a decade ...

Seawater split to produce 'green' hydrogen Date: February 1, 2023 Source: University of Adelaide Summary: Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.

Barriers to development of seawater electrolysis technologies Date: February 19, 2020 Source: University of Liverpool Summary: Researchers have identified the key technological and scientific ...

Professor Qiao said, “We have split natural seawater into oxygen and hydrogen with nearly 100 per cent efficiency, to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis, using a non-precious and cheap ...

In conventional electrolysis, chloride ions in seawater penetrate the electrode and interact with the catalyst, creating hypochlorite ions, an unwanted byproduct that poisons the catalyst, Cerruti ...

Researchers have split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. Copper $ 4.92 / lb 0.18%. Brent Crude Oil $ 65.27 / bbl 0.11%. ... to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis, ...

They have now developed a catalyst that helps to electrolyze seawater with record-breaking efficiency, generating oxygen and hydrogen that could eventually feed fuel cells (Adv. Mater. 2018, DOI ...

Seawater tends to corrode water-splitting systems. A team of scientists at Stanford have figured out a way to make hydrogen fuel out of saltwater. The discovery could open up the world's oceans as ...