Engineering of Pore Design and Oxygen Vacancy on High-Entropy Oxides by Microenvironment Tailoring Strategy
High-entropy oxides (HEOs) exhibit abundant structural diversity due to cationic and anionic sub-lattices with independence, rendering them superior in catalytic applications compared to monometallic oxides. Nevertheless, the conventional high-temperature calcination approach undermines the porosity and reduces the exposure of active sites (such as oxygen vacancies, OVs) in HEOs, leading to diminished catalytic efficiency. Herein, we fabricate a series of HEOs with a large surface area utilizing a microenvironment modulation strategy (m-NiMgCuZnCo：86 m2/g, m-MnCuCoNiFe: 67 m2/g, and m-FeCrCoNiMn: 54 m2/g). The enhanced porosity in m-NiMgCuZnCo facilitates the presentation of numerous OVs, exhibiting exceptional catalytic performance. This tactic creates inspiration for designing HEOs with rich porosity and active species with vast potential applications.
