In electrocatalysis, the stability issue between
catalyst and support still needs great attention. Here, a series of high- entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs)
embedded in carbon cloth (CC) were synthesized by using the scalable
strategy-microwave heating. Among them, PtRhCoNiCu/CC exhibits outstanding
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity (19 and 170 mV overpotential at 10
and 1000 mA cm
-2) and stability (150 h), outperforming other
recently reported HEAs catalysts. IrRuCoNiCu/CC displays superior oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) activity (166 and 354 mV overpotential at 10 and 1000
mA cm
-2) and stability (150 h), and shows a lower overpotential than
recently reported HEA catalysts. In water splitting,
IrRuCoNiCu/CC(+)//PtRhCoNiCu/CC(-) electrolyzer achieves 500 mA cm
-2 (1000 mA cm
-2) high current density at 1.76 V (1.88 V) and exhibits
excellent stability, which is one of the best catalysts currently. Therefore,
the novel supported HEA catalyst with high stability is expected to be a
promising candidate material for industrialized water splitting.