CeO2-Encapsulated Hollow Ag-Au Nanocage Hybrid Nanostructures as High-Performance Catalysts for Cascade Reactions

Inspired by bio-enzymes, multistep cascade reactions are highly attractive in catalysis. Despite extensive research in recent years, it remains a challenge to promote the stability and activity of catalysts. Here, well-defined core-shell structured Ag-Au nanocage@CeO2 (Ag-Au NC@CeO2) are designed by a simple and facile self-assembly method. The results indicate that the Ag-Au NC@CeO2 has glucose oxidase-like activity and intrinsic peroxidase-like activity at the same time. As expected, Ag-Au NC@CeO2 hybrid nanomaterials exhibit cascade reactions activity. Moreover, the hybrid materials are promising to detect glucose without bio-enzymes. This research has potential applications in biomedicine and biomimetic catalysis.