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Straightforward synthesis of chemically ordered Pt3Co/C nanoparticles by a solid phase method for oxygen-reduction reaction

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We developed a solid phase method to fabricate structurally ordered Pt3Co/C nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable component proportion as a high efficiency catalyst toward oxygen-reduction reaction. As a result, Pt3Co/C NPs exhibit high crystallinity with small average size and narrow size distribution. Moreover, the ordered Pt3Co/C NPs own enhanced ORR catalytic performance in acid. During the preparation process, the NaCl-matrix acts synergistically with carbon black as nanoreactors for Pt alloying with Co, avoiding serious sintering resulted by annealing at high temperature. Furthermore, other Pt-based NPs supported on carbon can also be prepared by this methodology.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11604147) and the Foundation of National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University (M32048).

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    Zhenzhi Cheng, Sen Liao, Weiping Zhou & Guangsheng Luo

  2. Nanjing National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People’s Republic of China

    Zhenzhi Cheng

  3. Guangxi Novel Battery Materials Research Center of Engineering Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Haifu Huang

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Cheng, Z., Liao, S., Zhou, W. et al. Straightforward synthesis of chemically ordered Pt3Co/C nanoparticles by a solid phase method for oxygen-reduction reaction. Ionics 27, 2553–2560 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04017-w

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