Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 48: 66-89.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64428-6

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High-temperature shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles for catalysis

Yanchang Liua, Xinlong Tianb, Ye-Chuang Hanc,*(), Yanan Chena,*(), Wenbin Hua   

  1. aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    bState Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
    cState Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
  • Received:2022-12-03 Accepted:2023-02-28 Online:2023-05-18 Published:2023-04-20
  • Contact: * E-mail: yananchen@tju.edu.cn (Y. Chen), ychan93@xmu.edu.cn (Y.-C. Han).
  • About author:Ye-Chuang Han (Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province, Xiamen University). Dr. Ye-Chuang Han received his B.A. degree from Nanchang Hangkong University in 2015, and his M.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2018, and his Ph.D. degree from Xiamen University in 2022. Now, he is carrying out his postdoctoral research at Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) and Xiamen University under the supervision of Prof. Zhong-Qun Tian. His research interests mainly focus on the synthetic methodology under non-equilibrium high temperature.
    Yanan Chen is a Professor in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. He received his Bachelor's degree and joint Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing/University of Maryland in 2012 and 2017 respectively. He was an advanced innovative fellow at Tsinghua University before joining in Tianjin University. His research mainly focuses on nanomaterials, devices, and systems for advanced energy storage and conversion. His research interests include high-temperature shock (HTS), ultrafast nanomanufacturing, metastable high throughput synthesis, emerging energy storages Li-ion and beyond, catalysis, artificial intelligence and interdisciplinary. He has published more than 100 research papers on international famous journals, including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., JACS, PNAS, Adv. Mater., Mater. Today, Nano Lett., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Nano and has been cited nearly 7000 times (including many ESI highly cited papers).
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(52171219);National Natural Science Foundation of China(91963113);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M722646)

Abstract:

Rational design and precise fabrication of advanced functional materials are intimately linked to the technological advances in synthetic methodologies. The high-temperature shock (HTS) method, which involves an ultrafast heating/cooling rate (>105 K s-1) and features kinetics-dominated characteristics in material synthesis, exhibits high superiority in exploring and controllable preparation of novel materials that are typically unobtainable, such as high-entropy composition, thermodynamically metastable phases, and defect-rich surfaces. Among these significant advances, high-entropy alloy (HEA) nanoparticles are particularly prominent in heterogeneous catalytic reactions with remarkable activity, selectivity, and stability owing to their flexible composition space and high-entropy mixing structure. In this review, the physicochemical principles of HTS are presented, and the equipment and mechanisms of representative HTS techniques (e.g., Joule heating, laser heating, microwave heating) are comprehensively introduced, with the aim of accelerating the development of burgeoning HTS techniques. The concept and features of HEAs are also briefly introduced, and recent progress in the synthesis of HEAs using the HTS techniques is reviewed to provide a focused view on the unique advantages of HTS synthesis for HEAs and the exploration of novel materials. Finally, conclusions and perspectives are also provided for future investigations of HTS and HEAs, which have great significance in guiding their development and integrating their strengths.

Key words: High-temperature shock, Joule heating, Laser heating, Microwave heating, High-entropy alloy, Nanomaterial, Catalysis reaction