Platinum Hollow Nanospheres with Different Sizes: Controllable Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Oxidation toward Methanol

Authors

Xuan LIN, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Mei-qin CHENG, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Zhong-jin SHANG, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Ting XIONG, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Xian-tu ZHANG, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Wei TIAN, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Jian-yun LIN, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
Qi-ling ZHONG, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;Follow
Bin REN, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China;

Corresponding Author

Qi-ling ZHONG(zhqiling@163.com)

Abstract

The selenium (Se) templates and hollow platinum (Pthollow) nanospheres with different sizes were controllably synthesized by adjusting the concentration of sodium dodecyl sulphonate (SDSN) (CSDSN, μmol·L-1) which was used as a surfactant. Accordingly, the Pthollow nanospheres modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode (Pthollow/GC) was prepared. The morphology and composition of Pthollow nanospheres were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The electrocatalytic activities of Pthollow/GC and electrodeposited Pt nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (Ptnano/GC) toward methanol oxidation were studied. The results showed that the uniform diameter sizes with well distributions were obtained with the synthesized porous Pthollow nanospheres constructed by Pt atom clusters were . The best electrocatalytic activity toward methanol oxidation was achieved with the Pthollow/GC having a diameter of 130 nm synthesized with CSDSN = 4 μmol·L-1

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Keywords

Se template, Pt hollow nanosphere, cyclic voltammetry, current time curves

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.140318

Publication Date

2014-12-28

Online Available Date

2014-04-15

Revised Date

2014-04-10

Received Date

2014-03-18

Recommended Citation

Xuan LIN, Mei-qin CHENG, Zhong-jin SHANG, Ting XIONG, Xian-tu ZHANG, Wei TIAN, Jian-yun LIN, Qi-ling ZHONG, Bin REN. Platinum Hollow Nanospheres with Different Sizes: Controllable Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Oxidation toward Methanol[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2014 , 20(6): 571-575.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.140318
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol20/iss6/11