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This article presented a facile one-pot synthesis method that is based on polyol method for preparing IrCu microspheres. In the process of synthesis, formaldehyde solution and ethylene glycol were used as reducing agent and solvent, respectively, while poly(vinylpyrrolidone) was used as surfactant and dispersant, and all of them played important roles in the successful synthesis of Ir-Cu microspheres. The Ir-Cu microspheres, as synthesized, showed well sphere shape and smooth surface, while their alloy features were quite clear and the composition could be adjusted. Benefitting from the synergistic electronic effect between the Iridium and Cupric atoms from the alloy, the IrCu0.77 microspheres exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity towards OER in 0.1 M HClO4 electrolyte, and to achieve 10 mA cm\u22122, IrCu0.77 microspheres only required the overpotential of 282 mV, which was much lower than that of commercial Ir\/C catalysts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano9081145","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,12]],"date-time":"2019-08-12T06:38:02Z","timestamp":1565591882000},"page":"1145","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Facile Synthesis of IrCu Microspheres Based on Polyol Method and Study on Their Electro-Catalytic Performances to Oxygen Evolution Reaction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Xuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2582-3006","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zichao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luming","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kuankuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xihui","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qun","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8180-0808","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yujia","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"60","DOI":"10.1002\/anie.200802248","article-title":"Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics?","volume":"48","author":"Xia","year":"2009","journal-title":"Angew. 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