Citation: Liming Li, Yanchang Liu, Peng Kang, Donghui Feng, Yuguang Zhang, Hangxing Ren, Jianrong Zeng, He Zhu, Qiang Li, Xiaoya Cui. Scalable and rapid liquid synthesis of PtNi electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(2): 112022. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.112022 shu

Scalable and rapid liquid synthesis of PtNi electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Liming Li ^{a, b, c} ,
Yanchang Liu ^{d, *,} ,
Peng Kang ^a ,
Donghui Feng ^b ,
Yuguang Zhang ^{b, c} ,
Hangxing Ren ^{b, c, *,} ,
Jianrong Zeng ^{e, *,} ,
He Zhu ^f ,
Qiang Li ^g ,
Xiaoya Cui ^{h, *,}

a.
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
b.
Purification Equipment Research Institute of CSSC, Handan 056027, China
c.
PERIC Hydrogen Technologies Co., Ltd., Handan 056000, China
d.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
e.
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
f.
Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
g.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
h.
National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Material Sciences and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

yanchangliu@bit.edu.cn

renhx92@163.com

zengjr@sari.ac.cn

xiaoyacui@cugb.edu.cn

Received Date: 22 January 2025
Revised Date: 19 October 2025
Accepted Date: 23 October 2025
Available Online: 24 October 2025

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Structural engineering of Pt-based nanoalloys is crucial for the rational design and manufacturing of high-performance and low-cost electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Here, we reported PtNi nanoparticles with a refined size of 2.71 nm and regular strains loaded on carbon black, synthesized using the high-temperature liquid shock (HTLS) method. This approach offers significant advantages over conventional synthesis methods, including high scalability, rapid reaction rates, and precise control over the size and shape of nanocrystals. Importantly, the synthesized PtNi electrocatalysts demonstrate outstanding catalytic activity and long-term stability for HER, achieving low overpotentials of 19 and 203 mV at current densities of 10 and 1000 mA/cm², respectively. The superior performance can be attributed to the combination of a refined particle size, lattice strains, and synergistic effects between Pt and Ni. This rapid liquid-state synthesis demonstrated here holds great potential for scalable and industrial manufacturing of micro-/nano-catalysts.
- Hydrogen evolution reaction,
- High-temperature liquid shock,
- Pt-based nanocatalysts,
- Rapid synthesis,
- Electrocatalyst
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