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PtCu/C electrocatalysts with bimetallic PtCu nanoparticles were synthesized by successive chemical reduction of Cu2+ and Pt(IV) in a carbon suspension prepared based on an aqueous ethylene glycol solution. The atomic structure of as-prepared PtCu nanoparticles and nanoparticles subjected to thermal treatment at 350°C was examined using PtL 3 and CuK EXAFS spectra, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The results of joint analysis of TEM microphotographs, XRD profiles, and EXAFS spectra suggest that the synthesized electrocatalysts contain PtCu nanoparticles with a Cu core–Pt shell structure and copper oxides Cu2O and CuO. Thermal treatment of electrocatalysts at 350°C results in partial reduction of copper oxides and fusion of bimetallic nanoparticles with the formation of both homogeneous and ordered PtCu solid solutions.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Pryadchenko, S.V. Belenov, D.B. Shemet, V.A. Volochaev, V.V. Srabionyan, L.A. Avakyan, N.Yu. Tabachkova, V.E. Guterman, L.A. Bugaev, 2017, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2017, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 1642–1649.
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Pryadchenko, V.V., Belenov, S.V., Shemet, D.B. et al. The effect of thermal treatment on the atomic structure of core–shell PtCu nanoparticles in PtCu/C electrocatalysts. Phys. Solid State 59, 1666–1673 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783417080200
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