Abstract
Perovskite oxides show great promise in the field of water electrolysis due to their low cost and tailorable properties. However, their performance is seriously constrained by crystal agglomeration. Herein, a high-entropy strategy is reported to regulate the lattice strain field, endowing the crystal with a high energy barrier and optimizing its surface properties to achieve conformal growth of highly reactive perovskite oxides. A range of characterization methods and theoretical calculations are used to investigate the lattice distortion-induced complex lattice strain field and the effective activation strategy of the cocktail effect. Based on this, the produced rod-like La(CoFeNiCrAl)O3 (La5B–Al) exhibits a low overpotential of 285 mV at 10 mA cm−2 in 1 M KOH. This work provides a novel strategy to use the lattice strain field for regulating the growth of catalysts and clarifies the relationship between high-entropy effects and material properties.
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