High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
Abstract Transition metal sulfides with a multi‐elemental nature represent a class of promising catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) owing to their good catalytic activity. However, their synthesis remains a challenge due to the thermodynamic immiscibility of the constituent multimetallic elements in a sulfide structure. Herein, for the first time the synthesis of high‐entropy metal sulfide (HEMS, i.e., (CrMnFeCoNi)S x ) solid solution nanoparticles is reported. 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)S x nanoparticles show 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 h by chronopotentiometry) compared with their 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.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
- Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1760637
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1804527
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-220796-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; High-entropy; Transition metal sulfides nanoparticles; Oxygen evolution reaction; Catalytic stability; Synergistic effect
Citation Formats
Cui, Mingjin, Yang, Chunpeng, Li, Boyang, Dong, Qi, Wu, Meiling, Hwang, Sooyeon, Xie, Hua, Wang, Xizheng, Wang, Guofeng, and Hu, Liangbing. High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.202002887.
Cui, Mingjin, Yang, Chunpeng, Li, Boyang, Dong, Qi, Wu, Meiling, Hwang, Sooyeon, Xie, Hua, Wang, Xizheng, Wang, Guofeng, & Hu, Liangbing. High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002887
Cui, Mingjin, Yang, Chunpeng, Li, Boyang, Dong, Qi, Wu, Meiling, Hwang, Sooyeon, Xie, Hua, Wang, Xizheng, Wang, Guofeng, and Hu, Liangbing. Mon .
"High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002887. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1760637.
@article{osti_1760637,
title = {High-Entropy Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Promise High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction},
author = {Cui, Mingjin and Yang, Chunpeng and Li, Boyang and Dong, Qi and Wu, Meiling and Hwang, Sooyeon and Xie, Hua and Wang, Xizheng and Wang, Guofeng and Hu, Liangbing},
abstractNote = {Abstract Transition metal sulfides with a multi‐elemental nature represent a class of promising catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) owing to their good catalytic activity. However, their synthesis remains a challenge due to the thermodynamic immiscibility of the constituent multimetallic elements in a sulfide structure. Herein, for the first time the synthesis of high‐entropy metal sulfide (HEMS, i.e., (CrMnFeCoNi)S x ) solid solution nanoparticles is reported. 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)S x nanoparticles show 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 h by chronopotentiometry) compared with their 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.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.202002887},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 3,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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