Morphology and catalytic activity of gold core-platinum shell nanoparticles

© 2015 Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Morphologies, chemical compositions and optical properties of the hybrid gold core-platinum shell, Au@Pt, nanoparticles prepared by a simple reduction method were explored via a combination of transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ra...

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Main Authors: Thongthai,K., Srisombat,L.O., Saipanya,S., Ananta,S.S.
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Published: Chiang Mai University 2015
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38944
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Summary:© 2015 Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Morphologies, chemical compositions and optical properties of the hybrid gold core-platinum shell, Au@Pt, nanoparticles prepared by a simple reduction method were explored via a combination of transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and UV-visible spectrophotometry techniques. Various sizes of almost spherical and monodispersed Au@Pt core-shell nanoparticles were successfully achieved by changing of Au/Pt atomic ratios. The effect of Au/Pt atomic ratio on the electrocatalytic activities for these Au@Pt nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is revealed by cyclic voltammetry in 1.0 M H<inf>2</inf>SO<inf>4</inf> + 2.0 M methanol aqueous solution. The maximum activity is obtained by using atomic ratio of Au/Pt at ~1. Moreover, all Au@Pt/MWCNTs catalysts exhibited higher activities than that of Pt/MWCNTs catalysts.