As an emerging class of porous materials, noble metal aerogels (NMAs) have drawn tremendous attention and displayed unprecedented potential in diverse fields. However, the development of NMAs is impeded by the fabrication methods because of their time- and cost-consuming procedures, limited generality, and elusive understanding of the formation mechanisms. Here, by revealing the self-healing behavior of noble metal gels and applying it in the gelation process at a disturbing environment, an unconventional and conceptually new strategy, i.e., a disturbance-promoted gelation method, is developed by introducing an external force field. It overcomes the diffusion limitation in the gelation process, thus producing monolithic gels within 1–10 min at room temperature, 2–4 orders of magnitude faster than for most reported methods. Moreover, versatile NMAs are acquired by using this method, and their superior (photo-)electrocatalytic properties are demonstrated for the first time in light of combined catalytic and optic properties.

作为一类新兴的多孔材料，贵金属气凝胶（NMA）引起了极大的关注，并在各个领域展现出前所未有的潜力。然而，NMA 的发展受到制造方法的阻碍，因为它们的过程耗时且成本高昂、通用性有限以及对形成机制的理解难以理解。在这里，通过揭示贵金属凝胶的自修复行为并将其应用于干扰环境下的凝胶过程，通过引入外力场开发了一种非常规且概念上新的策略，即干扰促进凝胶方法。它克服了凝胶过程中的扩散限制，从而在室温下 1-10 分钟内产生整体凝胶，比大多数报道的方法快 2-4 个数量级。此外，通过使用这种方法获得了多功能的NMA，并且首次在催化和光学性能的结合方面证明了其优越的（光）电催化性能。