Liquefied Sunshine: Transforming Renewables into Fertilizers and Energy Carriers with Electromaterials
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Abstract
Abstract It has become apparent that renewable energy sources are plentiful in many, often remote, parts of the world, such that storing and transporting that energy has become the key challenge. For long‐distance transportation by pipeline and bulk tanker, a liquid form of energy carrier is ideal, focusing attention on liquid hydrogen and ammonia. Development of high‐activity and selectivity electrocatalyst materials to produce these energy carriers by reductive electrochemistry has therefore become an important area of research. Here, recent developments and challenges in the field of electrocatalytic materials for these processes are discussed, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Some of the mis‐steps currently plaguing the nitrogen reduction to ammonia field are highlighted. The rapidly growing roles that in situ/operando and quantum chemical studies can play in new electromaterials discovery are also surveyed.
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OpenAlex topics: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Advanced battery technologies research · Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
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Affiliations
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
School of Chemical Engineering University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Departamento de Química Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) Campus de Tafira 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
CIDIA‐FEAM (Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC, avalada por el Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla) Instituto de Estudios Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (i‐UNAT) Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) Campus de Tafira 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
Funding
Australian Research Council · Australian Renewable Energy Agency
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