Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution

Tao Zhang; Hui-Feng Zhao; Ke-Yan Wang; Zhen-Jie Chen; Li Li; Jing Peng; Xu Peng; Yong-Jiang Huang; Hai-Bin Yu

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Tao Zhang, Hui-Feng Zhao, Ke-Yan Wang, Zhen-Jie Chen, Li Li, Jing Peng, Xu Peng, Yong-Jiang Huang, Hai-Bin Yu. Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 045101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/aceef3

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Tao Zhang, Hui-Feng Zhao, Ke-Yan Wang, Zhen-Jie Chen, Li Li, Jing Peng, Xu Peng, Yong-Jiang Huang, Hai-Bin Yu. Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 045101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/aceef3

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Tao Zhang, Hui-Feng Zhao, Ke-Yan Wang, Zhen-Jie Chen, Li Li, Jing Peng, Xu Peng, Yong-Jiang Huang, Hai-Bin Yu. Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 045101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/aceef3

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Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution

Materials Futures, Volume 2, Number 4

Received Date: 2023-07-06
Accepted Date: 2023-08-07
Revised Date: 2023-07-27
Publish Date: 2023-08-25

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doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/aceef3

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Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People’s Republic of China
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Center of Analysis Measurement and Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
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Faculty of Materials Science and Energy Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
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Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: pengxu@hubu.edu.cn; E-mail: yjhuang@hit.edu.cn; E-mail: haibinyu@hust.edu.cn

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Even in their bulk forms, complex alloys like high-entropy alloys (HEAs) exhibit favorable activity and stability as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the underlying reasons are not yet fully understood. In a family of Mo-doped CrFeCoNi-based HEAs, we have identified three crucial factors that govern their performance: (i) homogeneous solid solution phase of HEAs helps to maintain high-valence states of metals; (ii) surface reconstruction results in a hybrid material comprising amorphous domains and percolated crystalline structures; (iii) diversity of active intermediate species (M-O, M-OOH, and, notably, the abundance of superoxide -OO), which display stronger adsorption capacity on the reconstructed surface. These results are revealing due to their resemblance to findings in other families of electrocatalysts for OER, as well as their unique features specific to HEAs. In line with these factors, a CrFeCoNiMo_0.2 bulk integrated electrode displays a low overpotential of 215 mV, rapid kinetics, and long-term stability of over 90 d. Bulk HEAs hold great potential for industrial applications.
- high-entropy alloy,
- solid solution,
- electrocatalysis,
- DFT calculation,
- oxygen evolution reaction

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