Progress on hydrogen generation by splitting seawater

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  • 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081;
    2. School of Materials and Environment,Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai Campus,Zhuhai 519085

Received date: 2020-08-27

  Revised date: 2021-08-22

  Online published: 2021-12-31

Abstract

As an ideal clean energy source,hydrogen is one of the research hotspots of new energy at present.Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen is the most prospective technology of hydrogen production.However,it will aggravate the problem of shortage of vital water resources.Research on the HER/OER catalyst for hydrogen production by splitting seawater plays an important role in the clean energy development.The several problems caused by chloride anions in the process of electrolysis seawater for hydrogen were mainly discussed.The development of splitting seawater technology was introduced,and summarized the recent progress of HER/OER catalyst for seawater splitting.Finally,the future research direction was prospected.

Cite this article

Shen Xueran, Feng Caihong, Dai Zheng, Zhao Yun, Jiao Qingze . Progress on hydrogen generation by splitting seawater[J]. New Chemical Materials, 2021 , 49(12) : 55 -60 . DOI: 10.19817/j.cnki.issn 1006-3536.2021.12.012

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