Alloying tungsten carbide nanoparticles with tantalum: Impact on electrochemical oxidation resistance and hydrogen evolution activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13691-13699

  Hunt, Sean T ^a   Kokumai, Tathiana Midori ^b   Zanchet, Daniela ^b   Román Leshkov, Yuriy ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM; TANTALUM CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC PARTICLES; CARBIDE NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; LATTICE COMPRESSION; SURFACE PASSIVATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84934957141     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02922     Document Type: Article

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