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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 112, Issue 7, Pages 2389-2393Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp0772629
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A simple approach combining sonication and sol-gel chemistry was employed to synthesize silica coated carbon nanotube (CNTs) coaxial nanocables. It was found that a homogeneous silica layer can be coated on the surface of the CNTs. This method is simple, rapid, and reproducible. Furthermore, gold nanoparticle supported coaxial nanocables were facilely obtained using amino-functionalized silica as the interlinker. Furthermore, to reduce the cost of Pt in fuel cells, designing a Pt shell on the surface of a noble metal such as gold or silver is necessary. High-density gold/platinum hybrid nanoparticles were located on the surface of I-D coaxial nanocables with high surface-to-volume ratios. It was found that this hybrid nanomaterial exhibits a high electrocatalytic activity for enhancing oxygen reduction (low overpotential associated with the oxygen reduction reaction and almost four-electron electroreduction of dioxygen to water).
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