Charge-engineered Pt for sustained hydrogen generation and high-purity Mg(OH)2 co-production in direct seawater electrolysis
摘要
The teams of Lu and Tian reported a halide ion modification strategy that endows a Pt cathode with strong anti-scaling capability while sustaining an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction during direct seawater electrolysis. The surface-bound halide ligand optimizes *H adsorption on adjacent Pt sites to boost Heyrovsky step and repels interfacial OH− to shift the local pH maximum into the bulk electrolyte. These combined effects drive continuous hydrogen generation and high-purity Mg(OH)2 precipitation without observable decay in a long-term stability measurement at 100 mA cm−2 in direct seawater electrolysis.