Synthesis of tungsten carbide nanopowder via submerged discharge method

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 881-886

  Burakov, Viktor S ^a   Butsen, Andrey V ^a   Brüser, Volker ^b   Harnisch, Falk ^c   Misakov, Pulat Y ^a   Nevar, Elena A ^a   Rosenbaum, Miriam ^d   Savastenko, Natalie A ^a   Tarasenko, Nikolai V ^a  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b Institute for Low Temperature Plasma Physics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); Nanoparticle synthesis; Nanopowder; Non precious metal catalyst; Submerged discharge

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (HER); NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NANOPOWDERS; NON-PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSTS; SUBMERGED DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

ALCOHOL; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMERSION; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 42549089096     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9314-7     Document Type: Article

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