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ReviewChemSusChem2025

Can Carbon be Used as an Anode for Water Splitting?

Jiali Sun, Yuying Dang, Xiaoyan Sun, Saskia Heumann, Yuxiao Ding

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Review in ChemSusChem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jiali SunInstitution: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Middle Road 18, Tianshui, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Yuying DangInstitution: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Middle Road 18, Tianshui, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Xiaoyan SunMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Saskia HeumannMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-6392
Yuxiao DingInstitution: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Middle Road 18, Tianshui, Lanzhou, 730000, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon materials, whose structural and electronic properties can be fine-tuned, are promising material solutions for many energy-related systems. However, due to the lack of fundamental understanding of the carbon surface chemistry, especially when they are used in electrolytes, the rapid development of carbon as electrodes has led to many widely accepted misunderstandings. Focusing on the case of carbon-based electrode for water splitting, this Viewpoint tries to highlight the main problems of the area and demonstrates/presents the dynamic carbon surface chemistry in the application. The role of carbon as an anode for water splitting is revealed and if it can be practically used in water splitting is discussed.

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AnodeCarbon materialsSurface chemistryWater splitting

Identifiers

PMID39476257
PMCPMC11789973

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