High‐Entropy Metallene Aerogels: A New Balancer for *H Production and Consumption in Nitrate Reduction Reaction
High-entropy metallene aerogels (HEMAs), synergizing high-entropy metallenes and metallic aerogels, face challenges in achieving single-phase structures due to multi-metallic nucleation/growth disparities, hindering two-dimensional anisotropic growth and three-dimensional assembly of multi-component nanocrystals. Herein, the universal preparation of HEMAs was achieved by a seed-mediated synthetic route for electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO<sub>3</sub>RR). PdCuSnCoNi HEMAs exhibit maximum Faradaic efficiency and yield rate of NH<sub>3</sub> up to 99.5% and 4117.8 µg h<sup>-1</sup> mg<sub>cat.</sub> <sup>-1</sup>, surpassing those of Pd metallene aerogels (MAs). In situ attenuated total reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy, online differential electrochemical mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculations reveal kinetic match for *NO<sub>3</sub> to *NO<sub>2</sub> and *NO<sub>2</sub> to *NH<sub>3</sub>, with the energy barrier for *NO<sub>2</sub> formation (potential-determining step) being lower than that for *H to H<sub>2</sub>, balancing production and consumption of *H and facilitating NH<sub>3</sub> generation on PdCuSnCoNi HEMAs. This study paves the way for efficient NO<sub>3</sub>RR catalysts and guides rational design for diverse electrocatalytic systems.
Authors
- Min‐Hsin Yeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-4750)
- Nan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2177-0544)
- Guangtong Hai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6657-7687)
- Feili Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-0737)
- Hanjun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7017-8782)
- Wei‐Hsiang Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-0373)
- Yimin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6526-8559)
- Chun‐Chi Chang
- Tianxi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7550-5941)
- Zhen Ying Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5835-4704)
Institutions
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (TW)
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (TW)
- Quzhou University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202505156
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.94