Adsorption-conversion synthesis of ultrathin intermetallics and high-entropy alloys.

Rational Synthesis and Structure Control of High-Entropy Spinel Oxides

High-entropy oxides (HEOs) are a new class of complex solid solutions, containing five or more distinct metal cations in a single crystallographic site. HEO spinels are promising for a wide range of energy applications, such as catalysis and magnetic applications due to their high chemical flexibility. However, achie...

Salt Flux Synthetic Catholicon: A Universal Route to Refractory and High-Entropy Alloys and Intermetallics.

Intermetallic compounds and multicomponent refractory alloys exhibit numerous applications in catalysis, magnetism, and energy conversion, yet their synthesis remains challenging due to the refractory nature of their constituent elements and inherently sluggish nature of solid-state diffusion that requires extreme reac...

Recent Advances in Crystalline-Amorphous Heterointerface Engineering of High-Entropy Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis

Sustainable thermoelectric materials based on metallic alloys and intermetallic compounds

This review provides an overview of recent advances in metallic and intermetallic alloys, which have emerged as promising alternatives to traditional semiconductor thermoelectrics for power generation and active solid-state cooling. Driven by the abundance, low toxicity, mechanical robustness, and manufacturability of...

Kinetic-Controlled Ultrafast Synthesis of Ordered Intermetallic Nanoparticles

The disorder–order transition of metal alloys delivers ordered intermetallic nanoparticles (NPs) as efficient and stable catalysts. However, this transition is practically challenging due to the thermodynamically low driving force and the complex kinetic competition with concurrent processes (e.g., phase separation)....

Borophene-based electrocatalysts: an account of the fabrication approach, structural properties and electrochemical applications.

Borophene, a two-dimensional allotrope of boron positioned between metals and non-metals in the periodic table, has emerged as a promising material due to its electron-deficient bonding and unique structural characteristics. Although borophene shares certain similarities with graphene, its distinct atomic arrangements...