Polymer‐Mediated Confined Assembly of High‐Entropy Perovskite Hydroxide Nanocubes for Ammonia Production and Zinc–Nitrate Battery Energy Supply
Abstract High‐entropy perovskites, with their compositional diversity and structural tunability, have recently emerged as a versatile platform for electrocatalysis. Among them, high‐entropy perovskite hydroxides (HEPHs) offer abundant active sites and flexible electronic structures, yet their controllable synthesis with well‐defined morphology remains a major challenge. In this study, a polymer‐mediated confined assembly strategy is presented that enables the controllable synthesis of nanocubic Sn(CuMgCoZnNi)(OH) 6 (HEPH‐2). HEPH‐2, with highly accessible active sites and a large electrochemically active surface area, delivers outstanding electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (eNRA) performance, achieving an ammonia (NH 3 ) yield rate of 9.28 mg h −1 mg −1 cat. and a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 90.06% in alkaline media, significantly outperforming irregular HEPH nanoparticles (HEPH‐0) synthesized without polyvinylpyrrolidone. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that Sn acts as the dominant active site with the strongest NO 3 − adsorption, while the hydrogenation of *NO to *NOH constitutes the rate‐determining step. Meanwhile, when used as the cathode material in a zinc‐nitrate battery, HEPH‐2 demonstrates a high NH 3 yield rate (3.70 mg h −1 cm −2 ) and a high FE value (94.21%). This work introduces a simple yet effective strategy for engineering well‐defined perovskite hydroxides, demonstrating their potential as next‐generation materials for sustainable ammonia production and energy conversion.
Authors
- Xiaoqin Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-070X)
- Tianxi X. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5592-7386)
- Chaofan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-7012)
- Ziyuan Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-1779)
- Johan Hofkens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-0567)
- Feili Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-0737)
- Claire J. Carmalt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1788-6971)
- Hele Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-8718)
- Nan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-1728)
- Tian Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5254-6860)
- Tianlu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7821)
- Yawen Guan
- Guohao Xue
- Xiaobo Xu
Institutions
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202525869
- Primary Topic
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00