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Active Hydrogen Enrichment on Cu6Sn5‐type High Entropy Intermetallics for Efficient Nitrate Reduction Reaction

Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) provides a feasible strategy for green ammonia production and the treatment of nitrate pollution in wastewater. The generation of active hydrogen (H*) plays an important… Click to show full abstract

Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) provides a feasible strategy for green ammonia production and the treatment of nitrate pollution in wastewater. The generation of active hydrogen (H*) plays an important role in improving the selectivity, yield rate, and Faradaic efficiency of ammonia products. Here, structurally ordered nanoporous Cu6Sn5‐type high entropy intermetallics (HEI) with extremely superior performance toward NO3RR is demonstrated. The optimal nanoporous (Cu0.25Ni0.25Fe0.25Co0.25)6Sn5 HEI delivers a high NH3 Faradaic efficiency of 97.09 ± 1.15% and excellent stability of 120 h at the industrial level current density of 1 A cm−2, accordingly directly converting NO3‒ to high‐purity (NH4)2HPO4 with near‐unity efficiency. Theoretical calculations combined with experimental results reveal that the ordered multi‐site nature of the nanoporous HEI can simultaneously promote water dissociation, reduce the reaction‐free energy of the hydrogenation process, and suppress hydrogen evolution. This work provides the design of the precious‐metal‐free HEI for sustainable NH3 synthesis and paves insights into the H* enrichment mechanism.

Keywords: reaction; reduction reaction; active hydrogen; nitrate reduction; hydrogen; cu6sn5 type

Journal Title: Advanced Materials
Year Published: 2025

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