The concept of “high entropy” was first proposed while exploring the unknown center of the metal alloy phase diagram, and then expanded to oxides. The colossal dielectric constant found on the bulk high-entropy oxides (HEOs) reveals the potential app...
Increasing demand for functional materials crucial for advancing new technologies has motivated significant scientific and industrial research efforts. High-entropy materials (HEMs), with tunable properties, are gaining attention for their use in hig...
High-entropy oxides have recently attracted the interest of the community as a way of attuning the properties of oxides to energy applications. Here, we employ molecular dynamics simulations combined with empirical pair potential models to examine th...
High entropy perovskite oxides (HEPOs) were a class of advanced ceramic materials, which had attracted much scientific attention in recent years. However, the effect of factors affecting the phase stability of high entropy perovskite oxides was still...
This study aimed to identify a useful high-entropy source for gas detection by spinel oxides that are composed of five cations in nearly equal molar amounts and free of impurities. The sensor responses of the spinel oxides [1# (CoCrFeMnNi)3O4, 2# (Co...
High entropy oxides (HEOs) constitute a promising class of materials with possibly new and largely unexplored properties. The virtually infinite variety of compositions (multi-element approach) for a single-phase structure allows the tailoring of the...
Despite significant interest in their functional properties, the mechanical behavior of high-entropy oxides (HEOs) is not well studied, particularly at elevated temperatures. Bulk (Co,Cu,Mg,Ni,Zn)O (transition metal (TM)-HEO) samples were deformed un...
Hexanary high-entropy oxides (HEOs) were synthesized through the mechanochemical sol-gel method for electrocatalytic water oxidation reaction (WOR). As-synthesized catalysts were subjected to characterization, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fouri...
Rare-earth high-entropy oxides are a new promising class of multifunctional materials characterized by their ability to stabilize complex, multi-cationic compositions into single-phase structures through configurational entropy. This feature enables...
Flue gas denitrification represents an environmentally friendly and economically viable strategy for alleviating energy crises and advancing carbon neutrality goals. Although traditional selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts demonstrate excel...
High-entropy fluorite oxides offer exceptional tunability of structure and functionality through controlled multi-cation substitution. In this work, Ce-Zr-Pr-Sm-Eu-based high-entropy oxides, with systematically varied Pr content, were synthesized usi...
Efficient Lewis-acid-catalyzed direct conversion of aldehydes to 1,2-diketones in the liquid phase was enabled by using newly designed and developed ceria–zirconia-based high-entropy oxides (HEOs) as the actual catalysts. The synergistic effect of va...
High-entropy oxides, HEOs, represent a relatively new class of ceramic materials characterized by the incorporation of multiple cations, typically four or more, into a single-phase crystal structure. This extensive compositional flexibility allows fo...
In this work, a novel method for the preparation of high-entropy oxides (HEO) was successfully developed using multivariate composition layered double hydroxides (LDHs) as precursor. Thermal treatment over 600 °C led to the complete transformatio...
This study explores the influence of two different synthesis methods on the sintering behavior of three novel high-entropy oxides possibly suitable for thermal barrier applications: (Ce0.2Zr0.2Yb0.2Er0.2Nd0.2)O2-δ, (Ce0.2Zr0.2Yb0.2Er0.2La0.2)O2...
High entropy alloys (HEAs) have been widely studied due to their special crystal structure, but their bulk structure and low specific surface area limit their further application in broader fields. In this work, the dealloying of precious metal Cu35P...
For the first time, the possibility of obtaining B-site disordered, Ruddlesden–Popper type, high-entropy oxides has been proven, using as an example the LnSr(Co,Fe,Ga,Mn,Ni)O4 series (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, or Gd). The materials were synthesized...
The main challenges and obstacles to the development of hydrogen/carbon monoxide production from the splitting of water/carbon dioxide through two-step solar thermochemical cycles are strongly related to material concerns. Ineed, ceria is the main be...
In the last few years, high-entropy oxides (HEOs), a new class of single-phase solid solution materials, have attracted growing interest in both academic research and industry for their great potential in a broad range of applications. This work inve...
Phase transformations in multicomponent rare earth sesquioxides were studied by splat quenching from the melt, high temperature differential thermal analysis and synchrotron X-ray diffraction on laser-heated samples. Three compositions were prepared...
Fabricating efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is crucial for water electrocatalysis. Herein, the spinel-type high-entropy oxides of (Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cr)3O4 were synthesized through the high-temperature calcination approach. T...
High entropy oxides (HEOx) are novel materials, which increase the potential application in the fields of energy and catalysis. However, a series of HEOx is too novel to evaluate the synthesis properties, including formation and fundamental propertie...
The development of sustainable and low-cost electrocatalysts based on Earth-abundant elements is essential for the large-scale deployment of green hydrogen production via anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE). Herein, we demonstrate the...
This research presents the development of spinel-type high-entropy oxide (HEO) catalysts with the general composition (MnFeNiCoX)3O4, where X represents Cr, Cu, Zn, and Cd, synthesized through a solution combustion method. The impact of the fifth met...
We present a systematic study of thermal oxidation resistance of transition metal borides and carbides up to 1300 °C in a dry air environment. A High-Entropy Metal Boride (HEMB), of composition (Hf0.2, Mo0.2, Nb0.2, Ta0.2, Zr0.2)B2, and a similar...
Thermal degradation is a leading cause of automotive catalyst deactivation. Because high-entropy oxides are uniquely stabilized at high temperatures via an increase in configurational entropy, these materials may offer new mechanisms for preventing t...
High entropy oxides are entropy-stabilised oxides that adopt specific disordered structures due to entropy stabilisation. They are a new class of materials that utilises the high-entropy concept first discovered in metallic alloys. They can have inte...
The isothermal oxidation resistance of Al0.2Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.3 high-entropy alloy is analyzed and the microstructural evolution of the oxide layer is studied. The limited aluminum, about 3.6 at %, leads to the non-continuous alumina. The present all...
In this study, the high-temperature oxidation behavior of a series of AlTiNiCuCox high-entropy alloys (HEAs) was explored. The AlTiNiCuCox (x = 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5) series HEAs were prepared using a vacuum induction melting furnace, in which th...
High-entropy materials have attracted extensive attention as emerging electrode materials in various energy applications due to their flexible tunability, unusual outstanding activities, and cost-effectiveness using multiple earth-abundant elements....
One of the most promising solutions to slow down CO2 emissions is the use of photocatalysis to produce hydrogen as a clean fuel. However, the efficiency of the photocatalysts is not at the desired level, and they usually need precious metal co-cataly...
High-entropy oxides are a new type of material that consists of five or more principal elements in an equimolar or nearly equimolar ratio. They have many excellent properties and are rapidly becoming a hotspot for the development of new high-performa...
The empirical descriptors of high-entropy alloys and oxides, from the mixing entropy and atomic-size mismatch to the Miedema enthalpies and the
Nanoscale and nanostructured materials have drawn great attention owing to their outstanding and unique properties. Enlightened by the study of “entropy-stabilized oxides”, nanotubes consisting of multi-component mixed metal oxides are de...
Ultra-high Temperature Oxidation-Resistant Alloys (UTORAs) have received a lot of attention due to the increased research demand for deep space exploration around the world. However, UTORAs have the disadvantages of easy oxidation and chalking. So, i...
In order to improve the high-temperature oxidation resistance of refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs), we used micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technology to prepare ceramic coatings on AlTiCrVZr alloy, and the effects of voltage on the microstructure and...
High-temperature oxidation resistance is the major influence on the high-temperature service stability of refractory high entropy alloys. The oxidation behavior of lightweight Al0.2CrNbTiV refractory high entropy alloy coatings with different dilutio...
The effect of minor platinum alloying on the microstructure, phase composition, oxidation and corrosion resistance of Al0.25CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) has been studied. It was observed that Pt does not segregate as a separate phase, but it is...
Oxidation behavior of a refractory AlNbTiVZr0.25 high-entropy alloy at 600–900 °C was investigated. At 600–700 °C, two-stage oxidation kinetics was found: Nearly parabolic oxidation (n = 0.46–0.48) at the first stage, transi...
The possibility of the formation of high entropy single-phase perovskites using solid-state sintering was investigated. The BaO–SrO–CaO–MgO–PbO–TiO2, BaO–SrO–CaO–MgO–PbO–Fe2O3 and Na2O&ndash...
High-entropy ceramics have gained wider attention due to their structural integrity and stability, which can be used in various functional applications. Especially, high-entropy oxides exhibit excellent thermal stability, particularly at high tempera...
High-entropy materials, characterized by complex chemical compositions, are difficult to identify and describe structurally. These problems are encountered at the composition design stage when choosing an effective method for predicting the final pha...
The microstructure, phase composition, and high-temperature oxidation resistance of Fe-free AlCoCrNiNb0.2 and AlCoCr0.5NiNb0.2 high-entropy alloys (HEAs) were investigated. In the as-cast HEAs, niobium was found to mainly release as a Laves phase in...
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted a great deal of research interest these days because of their attractive properties. Low-temperature chemical synthesis methods are being developed to obtain nanoscale HEAs with low energy consumption. In thi...
The isothermal oxidation of a Fe35Mn21Ni20Cr12Al12 high entropy alloy (HEA) was investigated in dry air for 50 h at 500, 600, and 700 °C after 90% cold rolling. The Fe35Mn21Ni20Cr12Al12 HEA behaves according to the linear oxidation rate with rate...
Developing active and robust catalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with reduced Ir loading is still a challenge in the industrial production of green H2. In this work, several catalysts ranging from single metal oxides (e.g., IrO2)...
One of the most promising applications of FeNiCoCrMoAl-based high-entropy alloy is the fabrication of protective coatings. In this work, gas-atomized powder of FeNiCoCrMo0.5Al1.3 composition was deposited via high-velocity oxygen fuel spraying. It wa...
The oxidation of six NbTi-i refractory medium- and high-entropy alloys (NbTi + Ta, NbTi + CrTa, NbTi + AlTa, NbTi + AlMo, NbTi + AlMoTa and NbTi + AlCrMo) were investigated at 1000 °C for 20 h. According to our observation, increased Cr content p...
To improve high-temperature oxidation resistance for Ti6Al4V alloy, AlxCoCrCuyFeNi (x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0; y = 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.3, 0, x + y = 1.0) high-entropy alloy (HEA) coatings were prepared on the Ti6Al4V alloy substrate by a laser cladding...
High-entropy boride (HEB) ceramics combine ultra-high melting points, superior hardness, and compositional tunability, enabling service in extreme environments; however, difficult densification and limited fracture toughness still constrain their aer...
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