Preparation and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of a Novel Porous MnNiCoCrFe High-entropy Alloy as Electrocatalytic Electrode Material

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Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (5): 332-340 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.135

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Preparation and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of a Novel Porous MnNiCoCrFe High-entropy Alloy as Electrocatalytic Electrode Material

LI Hailong¹^,²^,³, MU Juan¹, WANG Yuanyuan²^,³, GE Shaofan²^,³, LIU Chunming¹, ZHANG Haifeng¹^,²^,³, ZHU Zhengwang²^,³(

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^1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
^2.Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
^3.CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Materials and Safety Assessment, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

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LI Hailong, MU Juan, WANG Yuanyuan, GE Shaofan, LIU Chunming, ZHANG Haifeng, ZHU Zhengwang. Preparation and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of a Novel Porous MnNiCoCrFe High-entropy Alloy as Electrocatalytic Electrode Material. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(5): 332-340.

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A novel three-dimensional porous self-supporting electrode material for electrochemical catalytic oxygen evolution were prepared by chemical etching method from a bulk high-entropy alloy Mn₅₀Fe_12.5Co_12.5Ni_12.5Cr_12.5. The electrochemical test results show that the overpotential of the prepared electrode material is only 281 mV at the current of 10 mA·cm^-2 and the Tafel slope is 63 mV/dec in an alkaline solution of 1 mol/L KOH, which is better than that of commercial RuO₂. At the same time, the working voltage does not increase significantly after continuous operation for 50 h at the current density of 50 mA·cm^-2, which reflects the excellent stability during electrocatalytic oxygen evolution process of the Mn-rich high-entropy porous alloy as electrocatalytic electrode material. The Nyquist plots show that the free-standing structure of the bulk HEA catalyst has outstanding electron transfer ability compared with the ordinary supported catalyst.

Key words: metallic materials electrocatalysts high-entropy alloy oxygen evolution porous structure

Received: 12 March 2022

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of M50 HEA alloy and M50A HEA catalyst

Fig.2 SEM images of the surface of M50 (a) and EDS mappings of M50 after metallographic corrosion (b)

Fig.3 EDS spectrums of dendrite and interdendritic components of M50 (atomic fraction, %)

Table 1 The content distribution of elements in dendritic regions and interdendrite regions, respectively (atomic fraction, %)

Fig.4 SEM (a~c) and EDS mapping (d, e) images of the surface of M50A eletrocatalysts

Fig.5 Electrocatalytic OER performance of M50, M50A and RuO₂ HEA electrocatalysts in 1 mol/L KOH electrolyte (a) Polarization curves, (b) Tafel curves, (c) corresponding overpotential at 10 mA·cm^-2 and Tafel slopes

Fig.6 CV curves at various scan rates of M50 (a), CV curves at various scan rates of M50A (b) and C_dl values of M50 and M50A (c)

Fig.7 Nyquist plots of M50, M50A and RuO₂ (a), multi-current chronopotentiometry responses (b) and stability test of M50A electrocatalyst at 10 and 50 mA·cm^-2 for 50 h (c)

Table 2 Fitting parameters of EET for different catalysts

Fig.8 High-resolution XPS spectra of the M50A electrocatalyst after OER process (a) full survey, (b) Mn 2p, (c) Ni 2p, (d) Co 2p, (e) Cr 2p, (f) Fe 2p and (g) O 1s

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