Dynamic Amorphous Composite Shells on 3D Printed High‐Entropy Alloy Enable Stable and Active High‐Rate Seawater Oxidation

The corrosive chloride (Cl<sup>-</sup>) in seawater challenges anode stability and compromises the efficiency of oxygen evolution reaction (OER), posing a barrier to high-rate seawater electrolysis. Herein, selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printing of a high-entropy NiFeCoCrMn alloy is combined with a 200 s mild anodic acid etching/reprecipitation, to form amorphous hydroxide-oxide composites on the printed scaffold (a-SLMH). The grain-boundary-free amorphous shells undergo dynamic in situ reconstruction into active NiFeCo oxyhydroxides, while immobilizing Mn/Cr oxides to suppress Cl<sup>-</sup> attack during OER, as revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy and ex situ microstructural characterizations. In 1 M KOH + 0.5 M NaCl, the a-SLMH exhibits leading seawater oxidation performances, such as reaching 500 and 1000 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> at low overpotentials of 310 and 328 mV, respectively, and maintaining a 100% O<sub>2</sub> selectivity at 500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. Critically, the electrode operates stably for at least 500 h in alkaline natural seawater at 500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>, demonstrating its robustness. This work exemplifies that SLM 3D printing coupled with amorphous surface engineering yields durable and active anodes for high-rate seawater OER.

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Small Methods
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2025-11-17
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https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202501777
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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Dynamic Amorphous Composite Shells on 3D Printed High‐Entropy Alloy Enable Stable and Active High‐Rate Seawater Oxidation

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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Dynamic Amorphous Composite Shells on 3D Printed High‐Entropy Alloy Enable Stable and Active High‐Rate Seawater Oxidation

Guanhua Cheng, HaiDeng Wang, Gongming Wang, Tianyi Kou, Zhonghua Zhang, Ke Wang, Denghui Zhang, Wei Wang
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The corrosive chloride (Cl<sup>-</sup>) in seawater challenges anode stability and compromises the efficiency of oxygen evolution reaction (OER), posing a barrier to high-rate seawater electrolysis. Herein, selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printing of a high-entropy NiFeCoCrMn alloy is combined with a 200 s mild anodic acid etching/reprecipitation, to form amorphous hydroxide-oxide composites on the printed scaffold (a-SLMH). The grain-boundary-free amorphous shells undergo dynamic in situ reconstruction into active NiFeCo oxyhydroxides, while immobilizing Mn/Cr oxides to suppress Cl<sup>-</sup> attack during OER, as revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy and ex situ microstructural characterizations. In 1 M KOH + 0.5 M NaCl, the a-SLMH exhibits leading seawater oxidation performances, such as reaching 500 and 1000 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> at low overpotentials of 310 and 328 mV, respectively, and maintaining a 100% O<sub>2</sub> selectivity at 500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. Critically, the electrode operates stably for at least 500 h in alkaline natural seawater at 500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>, demonstrating its robustness. This work exemplifies that SLM 3D printing coupled with amorphous surface engineering yields durable and active anodes for high-rate seawater OER.

Small MethodsVol. 9(12)
University of Science and Technology of China (CN), Shandong University (CN), Suzhou Research Institute (CN), Shandong Food Fermentation Industry Research and Design Institute (CN), Weihai Science and Technology Bureau (CN)
Shandong University, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Openalex Percentile: Top 76%
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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