Eutectic salt mixture-assisted sodium-vapor-induced synthesis of Pt-Ca nanoparticles, and their microstructural and electrocatalytic properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Apr 29;57(35):4279-4282. doi: 10.1039/d1cc01359a.

Abstract

We have fabricated Pt-Ca nanoparticles with oxygen reduction reaction catalytic activity via a sodium vapor-induced synthesis method. Prior addition of NaCl to form a eutectic mixture of CaCl2 and NaCl facilitated the formation of intermetallic Pt2Ca nanoparticles. Pt3Mg and Pt5Sr nanoparticles also were suggested to be producible.