journal article·2026-02

Entropy‐Driven Nonmetal Doping for Electrocatalysis and Energy Storage

Yu Zhang, Huibing Wang, Wen Wang, Zihe Jin, Zhenhai Wen

Small· Volume 22· Issue 11
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Doping has long been a cornerstone strategy in materials engineering, providing a powerful means to tailor electronic structures, manipulate defect landscapes, and engineer interfacial properties. Nonmetal high‐entropy doping (HED) has recently been proposed as an innovative strategy, in which multiple nonmetal elements are incorporated into a single host lattice to harness configurational entropy and promote synergistic interactions. This approach not only enriches catalytic active sites and stabilizes structural frameworks but also enables unprecedented flexibility in tuning electronic states, thereby overcoming the intrinsic limitations of conventional doping. The nonmetal HED strategy may open new avenues for advanced energy materials by enabling charge redistribution, defect regulation, and dynamic interfacial modulation. Its potential in electrocatalysis and energy storage has already been demonstrated in recent studies. This perspective highlights the fundamental principles, properties, performance‐enhancement mechanisms, and emerging opportunities, positioning nonmetal entropy engineering as a powerful strategy for developing metal‐free, high‐performance electrocatalysis and energy storage.
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OpenAlex topics: Machine Learning in Materials Science · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · High Entropy Alloys Studies

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Affiliations

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xinyang Normal University Xinyang Xinyang Henan China

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Techniques toward Hydrogen Energy, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian China

Funding

Chinese Academy of Sciences · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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