Fabrication of 3D Nanoporous Gold with Very Low Parting Limit Derived from Au-based Metallic Glass and Enhanced Methanol Electro-oxidation Catalytic Performance
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Nanoporous gold (NPG) with bi-continuous ligaments and pores structure has promising potential in functional applications, among which one prominent example is fuel cell electrocatalyst. However, current application of NPG is mostly limited to methanol electro-oxidation due to its weak catalytic performance. Here we report a simple chemical dealloying process, for generating peculiar three-dimensional (3D) free-standing NPG with high specific surface area associated with a novel porous ‘cone shaped protrusion’ morphology. This NPG structure possesses the highest specific activity of catalytic performance reported NPG catalysts so far.
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