Nanoscale Design for High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts

Yanjie Li; Zhenpeng Yao; Wenpei Gao; Wen Shang; Tao Deng; Jianbo Wu

doi:10.1002/smll.202310006

Nanoscale Design for High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts

Small. 2023 Dec 13:e2310006. doi: 10.1002/smll.202310006. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yanjie Li¹, Zhenpeng Yao^{1

2

3}, Wenpei Gao^{1

3}, Wen Shang^{1

2}, Tao Deng^{1

2}, Jianbo Wu^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
² Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
³ Future Material Innovation Center, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201203, China.
⁴ Materials Genome Initiative Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.

PMID: 38088529
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310006

Abstract

Due to their distinctive physical and chemical characteristics, high entropy alloys (HEAs), a class of alloys comprising multiple elements, have garnered a lot of attention. It is demonstrated recently that HEA electrocatalysts increase the activity and stability of several processes. In this paper, the most recent developments in HEA electrocatalysts research are reviewed, and the performance of HEAs in catalyzing key reactions in water electrolysis and fuel cells is summarized. In addition, the design strategies for HEA electrocatalysts optimization is introduced, which include component selection, size optimization, morphology control, structural engineering, crystal phase regulation, and theoretical prediction, which can guide component selection and structural design of HEA electrocatalysts.

Keywords: HEA electrocatalysis; energy conversion; rational materials design.

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