Project description
A radically new approach could open the door to highly efficient cascading reaction pathways
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a limiting step on the way to generating molecular oxygen and green hydrogen in numerous processes. It has gained considerable attention recently due to its importance to sustainable industrial processes and particularly renewable energy in metal refining, batteries and production of fuels by electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen. Catalysts are fundamental to OER, and engineering more efficient catalysts is a common focus of studies seeking ways to enhance OER efficiency. The EU-funded ME4OER project will focus on engineering the reaction mechanisms of multiple steps in a reactions sequence rather than finding a better catalyst for one, a process that could enhance efficiency exponentially, and not only for OER.
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ERC-STG - Starting Grant
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14109 Berlin
Germany
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14109 Berlin
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