Abstract
In the work, hollow nanoporous Au/Pt core–shell (H-PtAu) catalysts with nanochannels were prepared with different sizes of gold nanoparticles of a narrow size distribution in the range of 1.8 ± 0.3, 3.2 ± 0.3 and 4.6 ± 0.5 nm. The hollow spheres were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and an energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyzer. The electrochemical methods by cyclic voltammetric and chronoamperometry demonstrate that the catalytic performance of hollow nanoporous Au/Pt sphere electrocatalysts increases with the decrease of Au particles size in the samples. The nanoporous hollow structure of the electrocatalysts improves the efficiency for electro-oxidation of methanol and ethanol. More importantly, the nanoporous H-PtAu electrocatalysts have a higher catalytic activity and better steady-state performance for ethanol oxidation than methanol.
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