Design of high-entropy antiperovskite metal nitrides as highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis

“…High-entropy metal alloy nitrides exhibit higher potential for efficient and multifunctional electrochemical energy conversion compared to lowentropy MNs. [275][276][277] Nevertheless, the facile synthesis of highentropy MNs remains a highly challenging subject. Furthermore, the integration of advanced detection techniques, such as in situ spectroscopy and microscopy, to gain insights into the formation mechanisms and nanostructures of MNs during the This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2024 synthesis process will facilitate the design and optimization of synthesis routes.…”

Future prospects of high-entropy alloys as next-generation industrial electrode materials

“…Effective OER electrode materials require multifunctional active sites that interact with intermediates such as HO* and HOO* to facilitate the four-electron-transfer water oxidation reaction. 112,144,193,206 HEAs exhibit significantly modified local coordination environments and electronic structures owing to the synergistic effects of compositionally complex multimetallic moieties, making them promising OER candidates. Noble metals such as Ir and Ru and their oxides, as well as transition-metal-based metal oxides/hydroxides, demonstrate remarkable OER activity.…”

“…9c ). 144 Notably, high-entropy anti-perovskite nitride materials, in which multiple elements occupy equivalent lattice sites, are considered to have the potential for effective applications in electrocatalysis. 144 …”