) is achieved through rapid (40 s) microwave quasi-solid approach. The incorporation of B modulates the energy band structure of the electrocatalyst, creating additional active sites, and then favors the water dissociation and following hydrogen desorption. The presence of oxygen vacancy defects and metal-support interactions (MSI) lead to satisfactory stabilization of the catalysts. These effects collectively contributed to the superior performance in 1 M KOH and alkaline seawater for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with small overpotentials of 39 and 61 mV, respectively, which also demonstrates excellent activity and stability. This work presents a novel microwave-assisted strategy for constructing metal oxide supported low-content noble metals for energy conversion and storage applications.
Shen et al. (2026) studied this question.