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(MnFeCoNiCu)N high-entropy nitride nanoparticles degrade 96% of sulfamethoxazole and 94% of tetracycline under visible light in two hours while staying structurally stable.

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load-bearing objection Solid first comprehensive HEN photocatalyst for antibiotics: real multi-technique data, not just another efficiency claim. the 3 major comments →

arxiv 2607.02629 v1 pith:HZLM3SFV submitted 2026-07-02 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

High-Entropy Nitride Photocatalysts for Visible-Light Antibiotic Degradation: Structural Stability, In Situ Interfacial Visualization, and Molecular-Level Mechanistic Insights

Zahoor Manzoor , Shamik Chowdhury , Raphael Benjamim de Oliveira , Marcelo Lopes Pereira Junior , Guilherme da Silva Lopes Fabris , Prikshat Dadhwal , Douglas S. Galvao , Chandra Sekhar Tiwary This is my paper
classification cond-mat.mtrl-sci
keywords High entropy nitridesAntibioticsPhotocatalysisIn situ TEMMolecular simulationSulfamethoxazoleTetracyclineVisible-light degradation
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This paper shows that a five-metal high-entropy nitride, (MnFeCoNiCu)N, can serve as a durable visible-light photocatalyst for destroying two common antibiotics, sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline. The best composition (prepared at a 1:5 metal-to-melamine ratio) removes 96% and 94% of the two drugs within two hours, works across a range of pH and real water matrices, and keeps working after repeated cycles with almost no metal leaching. Temperature-dependent synchrotron diffraction, liquid-cell electron microscopy, and atomistic simulations together establish that the entropy-stabilized nitride lattice stays intact while the antibiotic molecules adsorb and are oxidized mainly by hydroxyl radicals and photogenerated holes. The treated water also loses its phytotoxicity toward bean seedlings. The work therefore positions high-entropy nitrides as a practical materials platform for removing pharmaceutical contaminants from complex aqueous environments under sunlight-compatible conditions.

Core claim

Among the three (MnFeCoNiCu)N compositions tested, the 1:5 precursor ratio yields a single-phase FCC high-entropy nitride nanoparticle catalyst that achieves 96% degradation of sulfamethoxazole and 94% degradation of tetracycline under visible light in two hours, retains that activity over reuse cycles with negligible metal leaching, and remains crystallographically intact under heating and under direct observation of antibiotic adsorption.

What carries the argument

The entropy-stabilized (MnFeCoNiCu)N framework itself: nitrogen incorporation into the equimolar five-metal lattice produces a narrow-gap (1.72 eV) n-type semiconductor whose mixed-valence metal sites and N-coordinated surfaces generate hydroxyl radicals and holes that drive oxidative cleavage of the antibiotic molecules while the high configurational entropy suppresses phase separation and metal dissolution.

Load-bearing premise

The measured band edges are assumed to supply enough driving force for holes to oxidize water or hydroxide into the hydroxyl radicals that do most of the degradation work.

What would settle it

If Mott–Schottky or UPS measurements under the actual reaction pH show the valence-band edge lies below the thermodynamic threshold for water/OH− oxidation, or if radical-trapping and ESR experiments fail to detect hydroxyl radicals under visible-light illumination of the same catalyst, the proposed mechanism collapses.

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If this is right

  • High-entropy nitrides become a practical materials class for sunlight-driven removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from real wastewater.
  • In-situ liquid-cell TEM and temperature-dependent synchrotron diffraction become standard tools for proving catalyst–pollutant stability rather than post-reaction snapshots alone.
  • Compositional tuning of the metal-to-nitrogen ratio can systematically trade off light absorption, charge-transfer resistance, and leaching resistance in multicomponent nitrides.
  • Treated effluents that pass phytotoxicity assays open a path toward water reuse after photocatalytic antibiotic destruction.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same entropy-stabilized nitride platform should be transferable to other persistent organic micropollutants whose degradation also relies on hydroxyl-radical pathways.
  • If the 1:5 composition is optimal mainly because it balances N content with residual carbon and surface oxidation, a continuous composition-gradient synthesis could map a wider performance landscape.
  • Real-matrix performance drops caused by bicarbonate and phosphate suggest that a simple pre-softening step or surface-charge engineering could restore near-DI-water efficiencies without redesigning the catalyst.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports the synthesis of (MnFeCoNiCu)N high-entropy nitride nanoparticles (via induction melting, ball milling, and melamine nitridation at three HEA:melamine ratios) and their use as visible-light photocatalysts for sulfamethoxazole (SME) and tetracycline (TCL) degradation. HEN-1:5 achieves 96% SME and 94% TCL removal in 2 h, with •OH and valence-band holes identified as dominant ROS by scavenger tests, 83%/78% TOC mineralization, LC–MS pathways, three-cycle reuse with low metal leaching, temperature-dependent synchrotron ADXRD structural integrity, in situ LCTEM visualization of catalyst–pollutant association, DFT/DFTB adsorption energetics, real-water-matrix tests, and Vigna radiata phytotoxicity recovery. The central claim is that entropy-stabilized HENs are efficient, durable visible-light photocatalysts for antibiotic removal from complex aqueous environments.

Significance. If the performance and stability data hold, this is a solid materials-for-environment contribution: HENs remain underexplored relative to high-entropy alloys/oxides for photocatalysis, and the combination of multi-technique characterization, real-matrix testing, synchrotron thermal stability, LCTEM interfacial imaging, and atomistic adsorption modeling is unusually complete for this application class. The work supplies concrete, falsifiable metrics (HPLC/TOC efficiencies, leaching vs. regulatory limits, phytotoxicity recovery) rather than only optical or electrochemical proxies. Strengths that should be credited include the orthogonal experimental suite, the independent (non-fitted) DFTB binding energies and spin-density maps that corroborate rather than circularly reproduce the degradation percentages, and the practical emphasis on real water matrices and detoxification. The result is of clear interest to the high-entropy materials and environmental photocatalysis communities even if absolute band-edge assignments remain approximate.

major comments (3)
  1. Section 3.1 and Fig. 4: The Mott–Schottky-derived band edges (Efb = 1.53 V vs SHE, ECB ≈ 1.43 V, EVB = 3.15 V with Eg = 1.72 eV) are used to claim thermodynamic driving force for •OH generation from H2O/OH−. The standard 0.1–0.2 V n-type offset is assumed without reported pH dependence of Efb, flat-band vs. pHpzc correlation, or assessment of surface-state pinning. Because scavenger and TOC data already establish •OH/h+ dominance empirically, this is not fatal to the performance claim, but the mechanistic scheme in Fig. 4 overstates certainty. Please either (i) report Efb vs pH and correct band edges to the experimental pH, or (ii) clearly label the band diagram as approximate and ground the mechanism primarily on the scavenger/TOC evidence.
  2. Section 2.4 / 3.2 and comparison Table S2: Photocatalytic conditions (250 W high-pressure Hg lamp with UV cut-off <420 nm, 0.50 g L−1, 5 mg L−1 pollutant) are stated, but incident irradiance (mW cm−2) or photon flux at the reactor is not quantified, and apparent quantum yield or rate-normalized metrics are absent. Without these, the claim of competitive performance versus literature catalysts (Table S2) is only semi-quantitative. Adding measured irradiance and, if feasible, an apparent quantum efficiency or mass-normalized rate constant would make the efficiency comparison load-bearing rather than qualitative.
  3. Section 3.6 and Fig. 11a,b: Reusability is shown for only three cycles (91%/89% retained). For an entropy-stabilized framework advertised for long-term wastewater use, three cycles is thin. Either extend to ≥5 cycles with post-use XRD/XPS/TEM, or temper the “excellent operational stability” language to match the data actually presented. The leaching table (Table S3) is valuable and should be retained.
minor comments (8)
  1. Fig. 1 caption: labels (e)/(f)/(g) appear duplicated or mis-ordered relative to the panel description (HRTEM, FFT, inverse FFT); renumber for consistency.
  2. Fig. 2a XRD indexing: two peaks are both labeled (200); correct the second assignment (likely a typographical repeat).
  3. Section 2.7 / Eq. (3): Ecohe formula uses N both as total atoms and as a species index; clarify notation (e.g., N_tot vs Ni).
  4. Section 3.1 FTIR: oxide bands are assigned after ambient exposure; a brief statement on whether the native oxide is present under photocatalytic conditions (or removed by pre-treatment) would help interpret active-site chemistry.
  5. Section 3.2: “h⁻ ⁺ VB” and similar scavenger notation is typographically garbled; standardize to h+VB / •O2− throughout.
  6. LCTEM (Section 2.5 / 3.3): state whether the imaging was under dark or illuminated conditions and whether beam-induced radiolysis was controlled; this affects interpretation of “catalyst–pollutant interactions.”
  7. Supplementary videos V1–V3 are cited but not described in the main text beyond a sentence; a short caption of what each video shows would aid readers without SI access.
  8. Minor language: “specturm,” “at at,” “Condened Matter,” and a few repeated phrases in the introduction can be cleaned in copy-editing.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: measured photocatalytic efficiencies, stability data, and independent DFT/xTB results are self-contained against external benchmarks.

full rationale

The paper’s central claims (96 % SME / 94 % TCL removal, multi-cycle stability, negligible leaching, ADXRD thermal integrity, LCTEM interfacial visualization, and phytotoxicity recovery) rest on direct experimental measurements (HPLC/TOC, scavenging, LC–MS, synchrotron diffraction, ICP leaching tables, seedling assays) that are independent of any fitted theoretical parameter. The DFT (SIESTA/PBE+U) and GFN1-xTB sections generate 100 random HEA configurations, select the lowest-energy structure, insert N, compute Ecohe, spin density, optical absorption, and molecule–surface binding energies (−4.66 eV SME, −3.67 eV TCL); none of these quantities is fitted to the experimental degradation percentages or band-edge values. The Mott–Schottky-derived band edges are used only to rationalize the observed •OH/h+ dominance already established by scavenger experiments; they do not define the performance metrics. Self-citations (e.g., [18]) supply methodological context only and are not load-bearing for uniqueness or for the numerical results. Consequently the derivation chain contains no self-definitional loop, no fitted-input-as-prediction, and no ansatz smuggled via prior author work.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

3 free parameters · 3 axioms · 0 invented entities

The work is primarily experimental; the few free parameters are synthesis ratios and a standard DFT+U value. Domain assumptions are conventional semiconductor photocatalysis and DFT approximations. No new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (3)
  • HEA:melamine molar ratios (1:2.5, 1:5, 1:10) = 1:5 optimal
    Chosen by the authors to screen nitrogen content; the optimal 1:5 ratio is selected post-synthesis on the basis of measured photocatalytic activity rather than predicted a priori.
  • Hubbard U for Fe 3d = 4.0 eV
    Set to 4.0 eV following common literature values for Fe compounds; not re-fitted to the present optical or catalytic data.
  • Catalyst dosage, pH, pollutant concentration ranges = 0.50 g L−1, pH ~7, 5 mg L−1
    Operational parameters scanned experimentally (0.1–>0.5 g L−1, pH 3–11, 5–20 mg L−1); optima reported after measurement.
axioms (3)
  • domain assumption Standard n-type semiconductor flat-band offset of 0.1–0.2 V used to locate ECB from measured Efb
    Invoked in Section 3.1 to obtain ECB ≈ 1.43 V and EVB = 3.15 V; common but not re-validated for this multi-metal nitride surface.
  • domain assumption PBE+U and GFN1-xTB are sufficiently accurate for relative spin densities, optical absorption trends, and adsorption energies on disordered HENs
    Used throughout Section 2.7 and 3.5 without higher-level benchmarks against hybrid functionals or experiment for this exact composition.
  • domain assumption •OH and h+ identified by scavenger quenching are the dominant ROS under the stated lamp and filter conditions
    Standard scavenger set (IPA, PI, AA, SA) employed in Section 3.2; assumes selectivity of the quenchers is not compromised by the multi-metal surface.

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High-entropy nitrides (HENs) have emerged as a promising class of advanced materials with tunable electronic structures, high stability, and abundant active sites. The incorporation of nitrogen enhances visible-light absorption, promotes efficient charge separation, and improves structural robustness, making these materials highly suitable for photocatalytic applications. In this study, (MnFeCoNiCu)N-based HEN nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized as visible-light-assisted photocatalysts for the degradation of antibiotics, including sulfamethoxazole (SME) and tetracycline (TCL). The catalyst exhibited excellent performance, achieving 96% degradation of SME and 94% removal of TCL within 2 h of visible-light irradiation. The photocatalytic activity was systematically evaluated under varying operational parameters, including solution pH, catalyst dosage, pollutant concentration, and the presence of coexisting ions. Notably, the catalyst maintained high efficiency in real water matrices, demonstrating its practical applicability. The entropy-stabilized nitride framework exhibited negligible metal leaching, excellent thermal and structural stability as confirmed by temperature-dependent synchrotron angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction, and stable performance over multiple reuse cycles. Furthermore, in situ liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy provided real-time insight into catalyst-pollutant interactions, while complementary molecular simulations revealed the structural stability of the HEN NPs during molecular adsorption and the distinct interaction modes of the two antibiotics. Phytotoxicity tests using Vigna radiata confirmed the effective detoxification of treated solutions. Overall, this work establishes (MnFeCoNiCu)N HENs as efficient and durable visible-light-driven photocatalysts for the removal of antibiotics from complex aqueous environments.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.02629 by Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Douglas S. Galvao, Guilherme da Silva Lopes Fabris, Marcelo Lopes Pereira Junior, Prikshat Dadhwal, Raphael Benjamim de Oliveira, Shamik Chowdhury, Zahoor Manzoor.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: (a) AFM image and (b) the corresponding lateral dimension distribution and the inset thickness profile of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs. (c) FESEM image, (d) bright-field TEM image, (f) HRTEM image, and (f,g) the FFT and inverse FFT patterns of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs. (h) SAED pattern and (i-o) STEM–EDS elemental mappings of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p043_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: (a) XRD pattern, (b) FTIR spectra, and (c) UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectra of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN NPs. (d) Kubelka–Munk plot of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs for estimating the bandgap energy. (e) Electrochemical impedance spectrum of the (MnFeCoNiCu)N HENs NPs. (f) Mott-Schottky analysis of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs. High-resolution deconvoluted XPS spectra of (g) Mn 2p, (h) Fe 2p, (i) Co 2p, (j) Ni 2p, … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: (a) Visible light-induced photocatalytic degradation of (a) SME and (b) TCL over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-NPs (experimental conditions: initial antibiotic concentration = 5 mg L −1; photocatalyst dose = 0.50 g L−1; temperature = 25 °C). Photocatalytic degradation of (c) SME and (d) TCL with and without ROS scavengers and hole quencher over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs (experimental conditions: initial antibiotic con… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Schematic of the plausible photocatalytic degradation mechanism of SME and TCL over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-light irradiation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p046_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Proposed pathway for the photocatalytic degradation of SME over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-light irradiation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p047_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Proposed pathway for the photocatalytic degradation of TCL over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-light irradiation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p048_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Effect of the initial solution pH on the photocatalytic degradation of (a) SME and (b) TCL by (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-light irradiation (experimental conditions: initial antibiotic concentration = 5 mg L−1; photocatalyst dose = 0.50 g L−1; temperature = 25 °C). Effect of the catalyst dose on the photocatalytic degradation of (c) SME and (d) TCL by (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-lig… view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: In situ LCTEM images and schematic depicting the real-time interaction between (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs and TCL molecules. The flow of liquid TCL is indicated by bright green arrows, and the blue arrows indicate TCL molecules bonded to HEN-1:5 NPs [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p050_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Most energetically stable FeNiMnCoCu HEA configurations (a-b) and the subsequent nitrogenation process. Panels (c) and (d) illustrate two intermediate states of the nitrogen￾aggregation high-entropy alloy, while (e) and (f) depict the final HEN structure following the incorporation of 33 nitrogen atoms. Atomic species are represented as Cu (purple), Mn (green), Co (yellow), Ni (silver), Fe (orange), and N … view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: (a) Initial (top) and optimized (bottom) configurations of SME adsorbed on the HEN surface. (b) Initial (top) and optimized (bottom) configurations of TCL adsorbed on the HEN surface [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p052_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Reusability of (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs for photocatalytic degradation of (a) SME and (b) TCL under visible-light irradiation (experimental conditions: initial antibiotic concentration = 5 mg L−1; photocatalyst dose = 0.50 g L−1; temperature = 25 °C). (c) Effect of different water matrices on the photocatalytic degradation of SME and TCL over (MnFeCoNiCu)N HEN-1:5 NPs under visible-light irradiation (exp… view at source ↗

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