Sodium hydroxide is produced on a large scale:
by the electrolysis of Na2CO3
by the electrolysis of aqueous solution of using as cathode
by adding water to Na2O
by reacting to water
On the electrolysis of aqueous solution of sodium sulphate, on cathode we get
During the electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride, sodium ions having a greater tendency than water to get oxidized, gets oxidized and forms sodium at the cathode.