General Synthesis of High-Entropy Oxides and Carbon-Supported High-Entropy Oxides by Mechanochemistry.

Abstract

High-entropy oxides (HEOs) have been receiving a lot of attention due to their excellent properties. However, current common methods for preparing HEOs usually involve high-temperature processes. The development of green synthesis techniques remains an important issue. Carbon-supported HEOs have shown excellent performance in electrochemical energy storage in recent years. Crucially, the traditional methods cannot synthesize carbon-supported HEOs under N₂ or air atmospheres. Toward this end, a universal method for preparing carbon-supported HEOs was proposed. During this process, without high-temperature post-treatment, high-entropy LaMnO₃ could be synthesized in 2 hours using the mechanical ball-milling method. Furthermore, this method was universal and has been proved in the synthesis of a series of HEOs such as PrVO₃, SmVO₃, and MgAl₂O₄. The LaMnO₃ species synthesized by this method exhibit excellent catalytic performance in CO combustion and could maintain a conversion rate of over 97 % for 350 hours. Subsequently, carbon-supported HEOs could be obtained with 0.5 hours of additional ball-milling, offering significant advantages over traditional methods. This process provides a potential method to synthesize carbon-supported HEOs.