Oxygen Evolution Reaction Breakthrough for Efficient Hydrogen Generation

The idealized structure of LDHs. Credit: Mingfei Shao, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, BeijingNew achievements of layered double hydroxides toward efficient, stable, fast oxygen evolution reaction.Scientists in China have made advancements in the use of layered double hydroxides to improve oxygen evolution reaction (OER) energy utilization, toward the goal of efficient hydrogen generation for renewable energy. The researchers, from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, recently published their work in the journal Energy Material Advances.“With the rising demand and consumption of fossil fuels, energy shortage and environmental pollution are becoming severe and unignorable,” said the corresponding author Mingfei Shao, professor with the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing…

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