Calcination Temperature and Alkaline Oxygen Evolution of Electrospun High-Entropy Oxides

Published in Small (2025) · Wiley · Open access, CC BY-NC-ND
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202408319

Summary

Spinel transition metal oxides are among the most credible sustainable substitutes for platinum-group electrocatalysts, and high-entropy oxides push the idea further by placing several different metal cations in the same structure. This study prepares electrospun high-entropy oxide nanofibres containing chromium, manganese, iron and other transition metals, then examines how calcination temperature interacts with their performance in the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction. Since calcination determines the crystalline phase that forms, it is effectively the parameter that decides catalytic activity.

Authors & Affiliations

  • Keti Vezzù
    Section of Chemistry for the Technology (ChemTech), University of Padova, Italy
  • Claudia Triolo
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Energia, Ambiente e Materiali, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • Kaveh Moulaee
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Messina, Italy
  • Gioele Pagot
    Section of Chemistry for the Technology (ChemTech), University of Padova, Italy
  • Alessandro Ponti
    Laboratorio di Nanotecnologie, CNR-SCITEC, Milan, Italy
  • Nicola Pinna
    Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Giovanni Neri
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Messina, Italy

Linari Electrospinning Systems

Linari Engineering electrospinning system
The precursor fibres were produced on a Linari Engineering S.r.l. system and subsequently calcined in a muffle furnace. Ceramic and metal-oxide nanofibres are made this way - spun as a polymer/precursor solution, then fired to remove the polymer. The paper does not name the model; see our range of systems.

Topics

Oxygen Evolution Reaction High-Entropy Oxides Calcination Platinum-Free Catalysis

Materials

Spinel metal oxides Ceramic nanofibers
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