High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Cui, Mingjin; Yang, Chunpeng; Li, Boyang; Dong, Qi; Wu, Meiling; Hwang, Sooyeon; Xie, Hua; Wang, Xizheng; Wang, Guofeng; Hu, Liangbing

doi:10.1002/aenm.202002887

High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · Sun Nov 29 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002887· OSTI ID:1760637

Cui, Mingjin ^[1]; Yang, Chunpeng ^[1]; Li, Boyang ^[2]; Dong, Qi ^[1]; Wu, Meiling ^[1]; Hwang, Sooyeon ^[3]; Xie, Hua ^[1]; Wang, Xizheng ^[1]; Wang, Guofeng ^[2]; ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Transition metal sulfide with a multi-elemental nature represents a class of promising catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) owing to its good catalytic activity. However, its synthesis remains a grand challenge due to the thermodynamic immiscibility of the constituent multimetallic elements in a sulfide structure. Herein, we for the first time report a high-entropy metal sulfide (HEMS, i.e., (CrMnFeCoNi)Sx) solid solution nanoparticles. Computational and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis suggest that the (CrMnFeCoNi)S_x exhibits a synergistic effect among metal atoms that leads to desired electronic states to enhance OER activity. The (CrMnFeCoNi)Sx nanoparticles showed one of the best activities (low overpotential 295 mV at 100 mA cm^-2 in 1 M KOH solution) and good durability (only slight polarization after 10 hours by chronopotentiometry) compared with the unary, binary, ternary, and quaternary sulfide counterparts. This work opens up a new synthesis paradigm for high-entropy compound nanoparticles for highly efficient electrocatalysis applications.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1760637

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1804527

Report Number(s):: BNL--220796-2021-JAAM

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 11; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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