Electrocatalytic Materials for Renewable Energy: Perspectives and Initiatives

The shift to renewable energy sources is one of the greatest challenges to addressing global energy demand and climate change. Electrocatalytic materials are crucial to the success of many renewable energy technologies because of their capacity to boost their potential, decrease their prices, and improve their efficiency. An overview of electrocatalytic materials and their applications in renewable energy is provided in this chapter. The classification, characteristics, and uses of electrocatalytic materials are discussed, along with a variety of renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, carbon capture, batteries, and solar cells. Many organizations and countries have made steps to encourage the use of electrocatalytic materials in the renewable energy industry, and this chapter discusses such efforts as well as the role electrocatalytic materials play in reaching climate neutrality and net-zero targets. The chapter concludes that electrocatalytic materials are essential to achieving a sustainable and clean energy future and that more research and development of these materials will be required to meet the global energy demand and address climate change.