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As a near alternative technology to producing hydrogen and helping integrate renewable energy into the electric grid, water electrolysis offers a hopeful future towards sustainable production of fuels.Despite the promising attributes of electrolysis systems, they largely suffer from the materials used at their anode in cathode. Since the anode is where water forms oxygen gas and largely limits the rate at which hydrogen is formed, much research seeks to tackle this issue by improving the material selection used as the catalyst. To see this effort come alive, further research into the catalysts used in electrolyzers is imperative to scaling up the systems. This research takes a delve into the field, exploring traditional catalysts and their limitations. This progresses forward towards newer cheap, Earth-abundant catalysts which then breaks off into a specific sub-class of catalysts used in this research approach, metal organic frameworks (MOFs). These MOFs will be used throughout this research to show that with different metal additions and supports, sourcing an active and stable Earth-abundant catalyst is feasible with this material and can be progressed into an electrolyzer system.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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These MOFs will be used throughout this research to show that with different metal additions and supports, sourcing an active and stable Earth-abundant catalyst is feasible with this material and can be progressed into an electrolyzer system.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.**"],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/10477/84102"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["State University of New York at Buffalo"],"dc:rights":["Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. 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