{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Zheng Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["Metal phosphides with multi-element components and amorphous structure represent a novel kind of electrocatalysts for promising activity and durability towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this work, a two-step strategy, including alloying and phosphating processes, is reported to synthesize trimetallic amorphous PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles for efficient OER under alkaline conditions. The synergistic effect between Pd, Cu, Ni, and P elements, as well as the amorphous structure of the obtained PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles, would boost the intrinsic catalytic activity of Pd nanoparticles towards a wide range of reactions. These obtained trimetallic amorphous PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles exhibit long-term stability, nearly a 20-fold increase in mass activity toward OER compared with the initial Pd nanoparticles, and 223 mV lower in overpotential at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. This work not only provides a reliable synthetic strategy for multi-metallic phosphide nanoparticles, but also expands the potential applications of this promising class of multi-metallic amorphous phosphides."],"journal":["Frontiers in chemistry"],"pagination":["1122333"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9922906"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Synthesis of amorphous trimetallic PdCuNiP nanoparticles for enhanced OER."],"pmcid":["PMC9922906"],"pubmed_authors":["Li X","Ji S","Zheng Y","He T","Zhang K","Zhan Q","Jin M","Wang W","Li R","Guo R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Synthesis of amorphous trimetallic PdCuNiP nanoparticles for enhanced OER.","description":"Metal phosphides with multi-element components and amorphous structure represent a novel kind of electrocatalysts for promising activity and durability towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this work, a two-step strategy, including alloying and phosphating processes, is reported to synthesize trimetallic amorphous PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles for efficient OER under alkaline conditions. The synergistic effect between Pd, Cu, Ni, and P elements, as well as the amorphous structure of the obtained PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles, would boost the intrinsic catalytic activity of Pd nanoparticles towards a wide range of reactions. These obtained trimetallic amorphous PdCuNiP phosphide nanoparticles exhibit long-term stability, nearly a 20-fold increase in mass activity toward OER compared with the initial Pd nanoparticles, and 223 mV lower in overpotential at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. This work not only provides a reliable synthetic strategy for multi-metallic phosphide nanoparticles, but also expands the potential applications of this promising class of multi-metallic amorphous phosphides.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-04T11:16:36.088Z","creation":"2025-04-04T11:16:36.088Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9922906","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36793765"],"doi":["10.3389/fchem.2023.1122333"]}}