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，并在各个领域显示出空前的潜力。但是，由于NMA的开发过程耗时且成本高，通用性有限以及对形成机理的了解有限，因此制造方法阻碍了NMA的发展。在此，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中，通过引入外力场，开发了一种非常规的概念上新的策略，即干扰促进的凝胶方法。它克服了凝胶化过程中的扩散限制，因此在室温下1-10分钟内即可产生整体式凝胶，比大多数报道的方法快2-4个数量级。此外，