AUTHOR=Stenzel David , Zhou Bei , Okafor Chukwudalu , Kante Mohana Veeraju , Lin Ling , Melinte Georgian , Bergfeldt Thomas , Botros Miriam , Hahn Horst , Breitung Ben , Schweidler Simon 

TITLE=High-entropy spinel-structure oxides as oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalyst

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Energy Research

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.942314

DOI=10.3389/fenrg.2022.942314

ISSN=2296-598X

ABSTRACT=<p>High-entropy oxides are an upcoming research topic due to their broad range of possible crystal structures and applications. In this work, we want to present the change in the catalytic properties when using different elements to create a high-entropy spinel. Therefore, we used the nebulized-spray pyrolysis to synthesize the high-entropy spinel (Mn<sub>0.2</sub>Fe<sub>0.2</sub>Ni<sub>0.2</sub>Mg<sub>0.2</sub>Zn<sub>0.2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and later on exchanged the Mg or the Zn with elements with multiple possible oxidation states, in our example each with Cr or Co. The phase purity, morphology, microstructure and homogeneity were investigated by XRD, SEM and STEM-EDX. Their electrocatalytic performance and stability was measured <italic>via</italic> oxygen evolution reaction and cyclic voltammetry and compared to IrO<sub>2</sub>, used as reference. The best performance of the synthesized materials was achieved by (Mn<sub>0.2</sub>Fe<sub>0.2</sub>Ni<sub>0.2</sub>Mg<sub>0.2</sub>Cr<sub>0.2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>.</p>