Nano Express
Facile Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on WO3Nanorods
Department of Chemistry, National Centre for Catalysis Research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, India
Nanoscale Research Letters 2007, 2:496-503 doi:10.1007/s11671-007-9088-y
Published: 1 September 2007Abstract
Tungsten trioxide nanorods have been generated by the thermal decomposition (450 °C) of tetrabutylammonium decatungstate. The synthesized tungsten trioxide (WO3) nanorods have been characterized by XRD, Raman, SEM, TEM, HRTEM and cyclic voltammetry. High resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the synthesized WO3nanorods are crystalline in nature with monoclinic structure. The electrochemical experiments showed that they constitute a better electrocatalytic system for hydrogen evolution reaction in acid medium compared to their bulk counterpart.
