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Evaluation of electrospun spinel-type high-entropy (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2)3O4, (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Zn0.2)3O4 and (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Ni0.2Zn0.2)3O4 oxide nanofibers as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution in alkaline medium

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ENERGY ADVANCES
卷 2, 期 5, 页码 667-678

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3ya00062a

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This study focuses on the preparation of electrospun spinel-type high-entropy oxide (HEO) nanofibers and nanoparticles, and evaluates their electrocatalytic performance in alkaline medium. It is found that (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2)(3)O-4 nanofibers and nanoparticles show better catalytic activity and have the potential to be used as ink-jet printable electrocatalysts.
Electrochemical water splitting is a promising sustainable-energy technology, but the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction represents a limitation for its broad market penetration. Spinel-structured transition metal (TM) oxides have shown great potential as a sustainable alternative to precious metal-based electrocatalysts. High-entropy oxides (HEOs) with multiple TM-cation sites lend themselves to engineering of the octahedral redox-active centres to enhance the catalyst reactivity. This work focuses on the preparation of electrospun spinel-type HEO nanofibers (NFs), based on equimolar (Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni), (Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Zn) and (Cr,Mn,Fe,Ni,Zn) combinations, and their evaluation as electrocatalysts in alkaline medium together with (Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni) HEO nanoparticles (NPs) prepared via the sol-gel method. (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2)(3)O-4 NFs and NPs (Tafel slopes: 49.1 and 51.3 mV dec(-1), respectively) outperform both (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Zn0.2)(3)O-4 and (Cr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Ni0.2Zn0.2)(3)O-4 NFs (62.5 and 59.6 mV dec(-1), respectively) and IrO2 reference electrocatalyst (52.9 mV dec(-1)). The higher concentration of oxygen vacancies on their surface and the higher occupation of octahedral sites by redox-active Co2+ and Ni2+ centres are responsible for their behaviour. The present electrospun HEO NFs have great potential as ink-jet printable electrocatalysts.

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