title: Templated photocatalytic synthesis of well-defined platinum hollow nanostructures with enhanced catalytic performance for methanol oxidation.
abstract: Hollow metallic nanostructures exhibit important applications in catalysis, sensing, and phototherapy due to their increased surface areas, reduced densities, and unique optical and electronic features. Here we report a facile photocatalytic process to synthesize and tune hollow platinum (Pt) nanostructures. Through hierarchically structured templates, well-defined hollow Pt nanostructures are achieved. These nanostructures possess interconnected nanoporous framework as shell with high surface area for enhanced catalytic performance/mass transport for methanol oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Zaicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Huimeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Raid E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Xiaoyin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Hongyou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002384:Catalysis; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000379:methods; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; D010984:Platinum; D006859:Hydrogen; D010100:Oxygen; D000432:Methanol