Structure and Electrocatalytic Activity of Carbon-Supported Pt−Ni Alloy Nanoparticles Toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Vulcan XC-72 carbon-supported Pt−Ni alloy nanoparticle catalysts with different Pt/Ni atomic composition were prepared via the carbonyl complex route and their structure was studied by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy at wide angles (WAXS) and Debye function analysis (DFA). The very good agreement between the WAXS pattern and DFA simulation revealed that all the as-prepared Pt−Ni alloy catalysts have a unique and highly disordered face-centered...