Developing efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction
(OER)
electrocatalysts is essential for the production of hydrogen from
water electrolysis. Here, we successfully synthesized a high-entropy
ruthenium-based oxide (RuMnFeCoNiO-HEO) with rich grain boundaries
using a fast and nonequilibrium molten salt method. The RuMnFeCoNiO-HEO
with significantly reduced ruthenium dosage could exhibit much higher
OER performance with a low overpotential of 190 mV at 10 mA/cm2 and long-term durability of 100-h continuous operation under
100 mA/cm2 in alkaline solution. The mass activity and
turnover frequency of RuFeCoNiMn-HEO are significantly enhanced by
nearly 1 order of magnitude compared to those of commercial RuO2. Microstructural characterizations reveal that the incorporation
of four extra 3d transition metals into ruthenium oxides results in
the formation of Ru-based high-entropy materials with a rich grain
boundary structure and unsaturated coordination Ru active centers,
which optimize both the electrocatalytic activity and electrochemical
durability of RuMnFeCoNiO-HEO during the OER process.