TY - JOUR
T1 - Water electrolysis
AU - Shih, Arthur J.
AU - Monteiro, Mariana C.O.
AU - Dattila, Federico
AU - Pavesi, Davide
AU - Philips, Matthew
AU - da Silva, Alisson H.M.
AU - Vos, Rafaël E.
AU - Ojha, Kasinath
AU - Park, Sunghak
AU - van der Heijden, Onno
AU - Marcandalli, Giulia
AU - Goyal, Akansha
AU - Villalba, Matias
AU - Chen, Xiaoting
AU - Gunasooriya, G. T.Kasun Kalhara
AU - McCrum, Ian
AU - Mom, Rik
AU - López, Núria
AU - Koper, Marc T.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Electrochemistry has the potential to sustainably transform molecules with electrons supplied by renewable electricity. It is one of many solutions towards a more circular, sustainable and equitable society. To achieve this, collaboration between industry and research laboratories is a must. Atomistic understanding from fundamental experiments and modelling can be used to engineer optimized systems whereas limitations set by the scaled-up technology can direct the systems studied in the research laboratory. In this Primer, best practices to run clean laboratory-scale electrochemical systems and tips for the analysis of electrochemical data to improve accuracy and reproducibility are introduced. How characterization and modelling are indispensable in providing routes to garner further insights into atomistic and mechanistic details is discussed. Finally, important considerations regarding material and cell design for scaling up water electrolysis are highlighted and the role of hydrogen in our society’s energy transition is discussed. The future of electrochemistry is bright and major breakthroughs will come with rigour and improvements in the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of electrochemical water splitting data.
AB - Electrochemistry has the potential to sustainably transform molecules with electrons supplied by renewable electricity. It is one of many solutions towards a more circular, sustainable and equitable society. To achieve this, collaboration between industry and research laboratories is a must. Atomistic understanding from fundamental experiments and modelling can be used to engineer optimized systems whereas limitations set by the scaled-up technology can direct the systems studied in the research laboratory. In this Primer, best practices to run clean laboratory-scale electrochemical systems and tips for the analysis of electrochemical data to improve accuracy and reproducibility are introduced. How characterization and modelling are indispensable in providing routes to garner further insights into atomistic and mechanistic details is discussed. Finally, important considerations regarding material and cell design for scaling up water electrolysis are highlighted and the role of hydrogen in our society’s energy transition is discussed. The future of electrochemistry is bright and major breakthroughs will come with rigour and improvements in the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of electrochemical water splitting data.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43586-022-00164-0
DO - 10.1038/s43586-022-00164-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85143837023
SN - 2662-8449
VL - 2
JO - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
JF - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
IS - 1
M1 - 84
ER -
