Abstract
In this study, a novel ultrafast facile green microwave-assisted method was developed for the synthesis of high-entropy oxide (HEO) (Mg, Cu, Ni, Co, Zn)O nanoparticles for the first time. The results indicated that all the five metallic elements were uniformly distributed in the single-phase rocksalt structure of the HEO nanoparticles. The particle-size distribution was within the range of 20–70 nm, with the average size of 44 nm. When used as anode materials for Li-ion batteries, the HEO nanoparticles exhibited remarkable lithium storage properties with the impressive stability as was demonstrated during 1000 cycles at 1 A/g. The exceptional advantages of the proposed method in this work, including ultrafast speed (few minutes), low temperature, nanoscale and high-purity products, and low cost, make it an excellent synthesis technique for application in newly developed high-entropy ceramics, particularly for Li-ion batteries.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 124265 |
| Journal | Materials Chemistry and Physics |
| Volume | 262 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 Apr 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government ( MSIT ) (No. 2020R1A2C2004714 ). This work was also supported by the BK21 Plus project through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education of Korea and co-supported by the Korea Research Fellowship Program ( 2019H1D3A1A01102813 ) and Future Material Discovery Program ( 2016M3D1A1023532 ) through NRF funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT . N. Tsvetkov was supported by Brain Pool Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT ( 2020H1D3A2A02104083 ). The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics