Surfactant-free synthesis of Cu2O yolk-shell cubes decorated with Pt nanoparticles for enhanced H2O2 detection

Jian Lv; Chuncai Kong; Ke Liu; Lu Yin; Bo Ma; Xiaojing Zhang; Sen Yang; Zhimao Yang

doi:10.1039/c8cc03742f

Surfactant-free synthesis of Cu₂O yolk-shell cubes decorated with Pt nanoparticles for enhanced H₂O₂ detection

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jul 26;54(61):8458-8461. doi: 10.1039/c8cc03742f.

Authors

Jian Lv¹, Chuncai Kong, Ke Liu, Lu Yin, Bo Ma, Xiaojing Zhang, Sen Yang, Zhimao Yang

Affiliation

¹ School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, P. R. China. yangsen@xjtu.edu.cn zmyang@xjtu.edu.cn.

PMID: 29942970
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03742f

Abstract

Pt decorated yolk-shell Cu2O cubes are obtained using a surfactant-free and multiple-step method. Porous yolk-shell cubic structures, together with synergistic effects between Pt and Cu2O, endow the yolk-shell Pt-Cu2O based nonenzymatic H2O2 sensors with enhanced sensing performance.