2026-06-30 バッファロー大学（UB）
＜関連情報＞
- https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2026/06/high-entropy-alloy-nanoparticles-swihart.html
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72958-9
非平衡還元炎エアロゾルプロセスによる、担持型高エントロピー合金ナノ粒子の生成 Non-equilibrium reducing flame aerosol process to create supported high-entropy alloy nanoparticles
Shuo Liu,Jiashun Liang,Jonas L. Kaufman,Qike Jiang,Dominik Wierzbicki,Kang-Lan Tung,Kaiwen Chen,Haolan Sun,Zhengxi Xuan,Mohd Ashhar Khan,Chengyu Song,Shinyoung Kang,Wei Chen,Gang Wu,Jeffrey J. Urban,Mark T. Swihart & Chaochao Dun
Nature Communications Published:11 May 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72958-9 Unedited version
Abstract
High-entropy alloy (HEA) nanomaterials provide opportunities and property combinations for energy and electronic applications, but their practical synthesis faces challenges of elemental immiscibility, metal reducibility, and particle aggregation during their synthesis. Herein, we report a broadly applicable non-equilibrium, scalable, and in-situ reducing flame aerosol process for synthesis of supported HEA nanoparticles. This versatile process can directly load a high concentration of 2 ~ 4 nm HEA nanoparticles on various 1- to 3-dimensional supports. Notably, simultaneous formation of HEA nanoparticles and a mesoporous silica support was successfully realized in a single step. Exploration of this process demonstrates the role of kinetics and entropy on decreasing alloy particle size and altering the reducibility of elements. We propose an entropy-induced reduction mechanism to incorporate oxidizable elements into HEAs, which extends the compositional space of HEA nanoparticles. As a representative catalytic application, we present a RuPdOsIrPt/graphene electrocatalyst with high activity and stability for hydrogen oxidation reaction. Our findings open horizons for high-performance HEA design and applications in diverse fields such as catalysis, electrochemistry, and sensing.
