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Cu-modulated PtCr intermetallic nanoparticles: balancing activity and durability for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Gongao Peng,ab   Chengyu Li,a   Peng Qin,ab   Jiaqi Zhao,a   Lu Shang ORCID logo *ac  and  Tierui Zhang ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
E-mail: tierui@mail.ipc.ac.cn

b Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

c School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
E-mail: shanglu@njust.edu.cn

Abstract

We demonstrate a strategy of incorporating Cu into an intrinsically stable PtCr intermetallic compound to construct a small-sized PtCrCu ternary intermetallic electrocatalyst, which exhibits high activity and durability toward the oxygen reduction reaction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01936F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Mar 2026
Accepted
06 May 2026
First published
08 May 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Cu-modulated PtCr intermetallic nanoparticles: balancing activity and durability for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

G. Peng, C. Li, P. Qin, J. Zhao, L. Shang and T. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01936F

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