Edge‐Sharing Octahedra‐Rich Medium‐Entropy Selenide Enables Robust Seawater Oxidation via Programmable Reconstruction

ABSTRACT Dynamic surface reconstruction is a powerful route to boost oxygen evolution reaction activity, yet its typically uncontrolled nature often leads to rapid structural collapse under harsh conditions of seawater electrolysis. Herein, we introduce a programmable reconstruction strategy driven by the topological transformation of edge‐sharing octahedra‐rich Mn‐(FeCoNi) 3 Se 4 . This approach redirects destructive, abrupt reconstruction into an ordered, cascade phase transition pathway, where Fe sites are preferentially oxidized to α ‐FeOOH, then progressively evolve through β ‐NiOOH into the highly active γ ‐NiFeOOH. Such sequential evolution preserves structural integrity and, critically, activates a synergistic hydroxyl spillover mechanism. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the Fe sites efficiently capture * OH and spill over these species to adjacent Ni sites, facilitating O‐O coupling. Benefiting from this dual synergy, the catalyst delivers a low overpotential of 271 mV at 100 mA cm − 2 and ultra‐robust stability for over 1,000 h at 500 mA cm − 2 in alkaline seawater. This work presents a new paradigm for designing durable catalysts by precisely engineering reconstruction pathways through rational control of topology and reconstruction dynamics.

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Advanced Functional Materials
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202532123
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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Edge‐Sharing Octahedra‐Rich Medium‐Entropy Selenide Enables Robust Seawater Oxidation via Programmable Reconstruction

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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Edge‐Sharing Octahedra‐Rich Medium‐Entropy Selenide Enables Robust Seawater Oxidation via Programmable Reconstruction

J.H. Chen, Runze Li, Hui Li, Jinchun Tu, Xue Zou, Weiwei Li, Yangyang Liu, Mingliang Guo, Bingrong Wang, Chenghua Sun, Taiping Fang, Yilin Li, Hongliang Dong
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ABSTRACT Dynamic surface reconstruction is a powerful route to boost oxygen evolution reaction activity, yet its typically uncontrolled nature often leads to rapid structural collapse under harsh conditions of seawater electrolysis. Herein, we introduce a programmable reconstruction strategy driven by the topological transformation of edge‐sharing octahedra‐rich Mn‐(FeCoNi) 3 Se 4 . This approach redirects destructive, abrupt reconstruction into an ordered, cascade phase transition pathway, where Fe sites are preferentially oxidized to α ‐FeOOH, then progressively evolve through β ‐NiOOH into the highly active γ ‐NiFeOOH. Such sequential evolution preserves structural integrity and, critically, activates a synergistic hydroxyl spillover mechanism. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the Fe sites efficiently capture * OH and spill over these species to adjacent Ni sites, facilitating O‐O coupling. Benefiting from this dual synergy, the catalyst delivers a low overpotential of 271 mV at 100 mA cm − 2 and ultra‐robust stability for over 1,000 h at 500 mA cm − 2 in alkaline seawater. This work presents a new paradigm for designing durable catalysts by precisely engineering reconstruction pathways through rational control of topology and reconstruction dynamics.

Advanced Functional Materials
Nanjing Normal University (CN), Hainan University (CN), Hubei University of Automotive Technology (CN), Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (CN), Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province
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