Harvesting chlorine from seawater through electrocatalysis
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2023-07-13
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Weckhuysen, Bert M.
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Abstract
The production of pharmaceuticals and disinfection goods relies on the availability of chlorine. In a recent Nature Communications article, Liu et al. report on the electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater-like solutions through a stable and selective Ru-based single-atom catalyst with low overpotential.
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Taverne, General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, medical, Materials Chemistry
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Weckhuysen, B M 2023, 'Harvesting chlorine from seawater through electrocatalysis', Chem, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1638-1640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.043