Chlorine is an essential industrial chemical used in products ranging from disinfectants to plastics. Yet producing chlorine requires the chlorine evolution reaction (CER), a process that consumes a significant amount of electricity worldwide. Current industrial electrodes rely on noble metals such as ruthenium and iridium, materials that are both costly and limited.
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