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Víctor M. Jiménez-Arévalo, Pablo Martin, Pedro Zamora, Xiaorong Zhou, Yi Wang, Gino Ramirez, José H. Zagal, Felipe M. Galleguillos Madrid, and Maritza Paez, From elemental metals to synergistic electrocatalysis: Comparative theoretical and experimental insights into FeNiCoCuMo high-entropy alloy for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 33(2026), No. 4, pp. 1279-1296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-025-3311-7
Víctor M. Jiménez-Arévalo, Pablo Martin, Pedro Zamora, Xiaorong Zhou, Yi Wang, Gino Ramirez, José H. Zagal, Felipe M. Galleguillos Madrid, and Maritza Paez, From elemental metals to synergistic electrocatalysis: Comparative theoretical and experimental insights into FeNiCoCuMo high-entropy alloy for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 33(2026), No. 4, pp. 1279-1296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-025-3311-7
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从单质金属到协同电催化:FeNiCoCuMo高熵合金用于碱性析氧反应的比较研究与实验见解

摘要: 采用自支撑热压技术制备了FeNiCoCuMo高熵合金(HEA)电极,并通过X射线衍射(XRD)、高分辨透射电子显微镜(HR-TEM)和能量色散谱(EDS)进行了表征,确认其基体为面心立方(FCC)结构,并含有少量体心立方(BCC)相(约1wt%)。同时绘制了各组分元素(Fe、Ni、Co、Cu、Mo)的氧化还原行为图,并与HEA进行比较,揭示了其固溶体协同效应("鸡尾酒效应")。电化学测试(在1.0 M KOH中的循环伏安法(CV)/线性扫描伏安法(LSV)/Tafel曲线)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析表明,HEA具有更宽泛的氧化还原特征,呈现出富镍/钴的(氧)氢氧化物信号及氧化钼的贡献。三组平行电极(M1–M3)在10 mA·cm2电流密度下的平均过电位为370 mV,Tafel斜率为78 mV·dec1,其性能优于单金属参照物,并与文献报道的RuO2相当。100小时计时电位法测试证明了其稳定运行;随后采用XRD分析表明电极表面虽形成了薄层重构相,仍以FCC结构为主。密度泛函理论(DFT)计算支持了费米能级附近电子态的宽化及电荷转移的增强。总之,结构与计算研究共同揭示了这种用于碱性析氧反应的稳健阳极材料中,成分无序性、表面重构与析氧反应动力学之间的关联。

 

From elemental metals to synergistic electrocatalysis: Comparative theoretical and experimental insights into FeNiCoCuMo high-entropy alloy for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction

Abstract: Self-supported, hot-pressed FeNiCoCuMo high-entropy alloy (HEA) electrodes were fabricated and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), confirming a face-centered cubic (FCC) matrix with minor body-centered cubic (BCC) phase (~1wt%). We map the redox behavior of the individual constituents (Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, and Mo) and compare it with HEA to reveal solid-solution synergy (“cocktail effect”). Electrochemistry (cyclic voltammetry (CV)/linear sweep voltammetry (LSV)/Tafel in 1.0 M KOH) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) show broadened redox features for HEA and Ni/Co-rich (oxy)hydroxide signatures with MoOx contributions. Triplicate electrodes (M1–M3) deliver an average overpotential of 370 mV at 10 mA·cm−2 and a Tafel slope of 78 mV·dec−1, outperforming monometallic references and remaining competitive with the literature-reported RuO2. Chronopotentiometry 100 h evidence stable operation; post-mortem XRD indicates a thin reconstructed surface while the bulk remains FCC-dominated. Density functional theory (DFT) supports broadened electronic states near the Fermi level and enhanced charge transfer. Overall, structure and computation link compositional disorder, surface reconstruction, and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics in a robust anode for alkaline oxygen evolution.

 

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