Toward economically viable green hydrogen production: enhanced catalytic atom-efficiency, dual-functional systems, and non-traditional water sources.

Yuru Liu, Pengpeng Wu, Lin Huang, Junyan Yang, Ningning Song, Jiuyang He, Zhanjun Guo, Minmin Liang

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Yuru LiuExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Pengpeng WuExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Lin HuangExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Junyan YangExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Ningning SongExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Jiuyang HeExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.

Zhanjun GuoExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0413-6805

Minmin LiangExperimental Center of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China hejiuyang@bit.edu.cn guozhanjun@bit.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-5240

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Abstract

The light-driven hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) represents a promising renewable energy conversion technology to combat the global energy crisis, particularly as the field shifts toward utilizing abundant water sources including wastewater and seawater rather than freshwater. However, achieving an economically viable levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) requires overcoming several fundamental challenges. First, the leading photocatalytic systems rely heavily on Pt cocatalysts to achieve sufficient surface reaction kinetics, the scarcity and high cost of which severely limit scalability. Second, conventional photocatalytic HER systems consume sacrificial agents (

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PMID42812678

DOI10.1039/d6na00555a

PMCPMC13621353

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