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The era of stable electrocatalysis

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The chlor-alkali industry is one of the largest global electricity consumers. In the 1970s, the discovery of dimensionally stable anodes (DSAs) allowed for drastic savings in electricity consumption. The fundamental reasons behind the effectiveness of DSAs, however, were only clarified decades later.

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Fig. 1: Impact of gas evolution dynamics on efficiency of chlor-alkali technology.

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