Unraveling the electronegativity-dominated intermediate adsorption on high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts

Jiace Hao; Zechao Zhuang; Kecheng Cao; Guohua Gao; Chan Wang; Feili Lai; Shuanglong Lu; Piming Ma; Weifu Dong; Tianxi Liu; Mingliang Du; Han Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30379-4

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Unraveling the electronegativity-dominated intermediate adsorption on high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts

Jiace Hao,
Zechao Zhuang,
Kecheng Cao,
Guohua Gao,
Chan Wang,
Feili Lai,
Shuanglong Lu,
Piming Ma,
Weifu Dong,
Tianxi Liu,
Mingliang Du,
Han Zhu

Affiliations

Jiace Hao: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Zechao Zhuang: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Kecheng Cao: School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University
Guohua Gao: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University
Chan Wang: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Feili Lai: Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven
Shuanglong Lu: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Piming Ma: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Weifu Dong: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Tianxi Liu: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Mingliang Du: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Han Zhu: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30379-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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High-entropy alloy catalysts are an emerging class of materials and identification of catalytically active sites is critical. Here, we provide evidence that metal site electronegativity differences stabilize bound *OH and *H intermediates.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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