Is direct seawater splitting economically meaningful?

Authors: J. Niklas Hausmann, Robert Schlögl, Prashanth W. Menezes, Matthias Driess

Published: 2021-06-09

DOI: 10.1039/d0ee03659e

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Abstract

In this analysis, we show that direct seawater splitting with or without additives faces significant challenges and bears almost no advantage with respect to the costs and energy demands to purify water prior to water electrolysis.