Template-free pseudomorphic synthesis of tungsten carbide nanorods

• Main Authors: Yan, Ya, Zhang, Lan, Qi, Xiaoying, Song, Hao, Wang, Jing-Yuan, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Xin
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97116; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10399
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A unique nanorod-structured tungsten carbide material with high specific surface area of 198 m2 g−1 is successfully synthesized for the first time by pseudomorphic transformation of chemically synthesized WO3 nanorods through a high-temperature method. An electrocatalyst composed of Pt nanoparticles...