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.
Authors
- J.H. Chen
- Runze Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7009-5211)
- Hui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-3951)
- Jinchun Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-4727)
- Xue Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-7703)
- Weiwei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7329-4236)
- Yangyang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-1348)
- Mingliang Guo
- Bingrong Wang
- Chenghua Sun
- Taiping Fang
- Yilin Li
- Hongliang Dong
Institutions
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202532123
- Primary Topic
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province