The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, ZY Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) comprising five or more elements in near-equiatomic
proportions have attracted ever increasing attention for their distinctive properties, such as …

A high-entropy atomic environment converts inactive to active sites for electrocatalysis

H Zhu, S Sun, J Hao, Z Zhuang, S Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
To understand the mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by high-entropy-alloy (HEA)
electrocatalysts, it has become increasingly crucial to investigate the chemical nature of the …

Optimization strategies of high-entropy alloys for electrocatalytic applications

L Xiao, Z Wang, J Guan - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are expected to become one of the most promising functional
materials in the field of electrocatalysis due to their site-occupancy disorder and lattice order …

High-entropy alloy nanocrystal assembled by nanosheets with d–d electron interaction for hydrogen evolution reaction

M Wei, Y Sun, J Zhang, F Ai, S Xi… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient catalysts with superior performance for water splitting into
hydrogen is urgently required in the catalysis community. Herein, for the first time, we report …

Design and synthesis of noble metal‐based alloy electrocatalysts and their application in hydrogen evolution reaction

Z Cui, W Jiao, ZY Huang, G Chen, B Zhang, Y Han… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen energy is regarded as the ultimate energy source for future human society, and
the preparation of hydrogen from water electrolysis is recognized as the most ideal way. One …

Two-dimensional high-entropy selenides for boosting visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance

J Wang, Z Wang, J Zhang, S Mamatkulov, K Dai… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
High-entropy materials (HEMs) have garnered extensive attention owing to their diverse and
captivating physicochemical properties. Yet, fine-tuning morphological properties of HEMs …

Multisite synergism‐induced electron regulation of high‐entropy alloy metallene for boosting alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Mao, X Mu, K Deng, H Yu, Z Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing the high‐entropy alloys (HEAs) electrocatalysts with controllable nanostructures
is of great significance for the development of efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction …

High entropy materials for catalysis: A critical review of fundamental concepts and applications

C Deng, T Wang, P Wu, W Zhu, S Dai - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
High entropy materials (HEMs) have attracted significant attention in catalysis due to their
adjustable constituents, unique electronic configurations, abundant active sites as well as …

An ultrasmall ordered high-entropy intermetallic with multiple active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction

T Chen, C Qiu, X Zhang, H Wang, J Song… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling multimetallic ensembles at the atomic level is significantly challenging,
particularly for high-entropy alloys with more than five elements. Herein, we report an …