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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2022
Applicant:

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK;

Inventors:

Hua Zhang, Hong Kong, HK;

Xichen Zhou, Hong Kong, HK;

An Zhang, Hong Kong, HK;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 11/046 (2021.01); C22C 5/02 (2006.01); C25B 1/23 (2021.01); C25B 11/089 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 11/046 (2021.01); C22C 5/02 (2013.01); C25B 1/23 (2021.01); C25B 11/089 (2021.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a gold-copper alloy nanostructure which can be used as a catalyst for electrochemical COreduction reaction and a method for synthesizing the same. The provided gold-copper alloy nanostructure has a heterophase composed of a hexagonal close-packed phase and a face-centered cubic phase. This gold-copper nanostructure shows an atomic ratio of 99 to 1 for gold to copper. The present invention adopts delicately structural modulation of nanomaterials based on the phase engineering of nanomaterials strategy and offers a promising way for the design and preparation of novel catalysts, especially those with unconventional phase, for enhancing their performances in various catalytic applications.


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