Unconventional catalytic kinetics of dual field regulated pyrochlore-type high-entropy ceramics towards the Li<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> intermediate

Authors: Lin Zhou, Handing Liu, Ji-Xuan Liu, Xinrui Zhang, Yixi Yao, Ruirui Wang, Ziliang Chen, Prashanth W. Menezes, Guo-Jun Zhang

Published: 2025-05-20

DOI: 10.1039/d5ee01215e

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Abstract

Reducing the electronegativity and crystal field splitting energy can adjust the Zr–O covalency and electronic structure. This, in turn, weakens the adsorption ability of pyrochlore high-entropy oxides towards Li2S4 and enhances sulfur redox catalysis.