Activation of tungsten carbide catalysts by use of an oxygen plasma pretreatment

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-769

  Yang, Xiaofang ^a,b   Kimmel, Yannick C ^b   Fu, Jie ^a   Koel, Bruce E ^a   Chen, Jingguang G ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); methanol oxidation reaction (MOR); oxygen plasma treatment; tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

ADLAYERS; ATOMIC OXYGEN; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; METAL-BASED CATALYSTS; METHANOL OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; OXYGEN PLASMA PRETREATMENT; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PRE-TREATMENTS; SURFACE CARBON; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CATALYST;

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PRECIOUS METALS; TUNGSTEN;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 84860773961     PISSN: 21555435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cs300081t     Document Type: Article

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