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Molybdenum carbide; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; high surface area synthesis; whole profile fitting
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An Investigation Of The Chemistry, Thermodynamics And Catalytic Activity Of Molybdenum Carbides, Shanti Kiran Nayak
An Investigation Of The Chemistry, Thermodynamics And Catalytic Activity Of Molybdenum Carbides, Shanti Kiran Nayak
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These studies investigate the chemistry and stability of molybdenum carbides as an electrocatalyst. Due to their unique electronic properties, molybdenum carbides are purposed as electrocatalysts for reaction systems such as hydrogen evolution reaction, bifunctional water splitting and CO oxidation.
In this study, various synthesis processes were utilized to produce different types of molybdenum carbide with varying properties of particle size, surface area and excess carbon. The samples characterized by XRD accompanied by Whole Profile Fitting, Electron Microscopy, Gas Adsorption (surface area) and XPS.
These synthesis processes were refined using fundamental thermodynamic analyses. These analyses highlight regions of stability of different …