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MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 78-84Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.09.139
Keywords
Helium plasma; Tungsten; Nanostructure fabrication; Photoelectrochemical activity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11405023]
- Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Liaoning Province [L2014539]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [DUT15RC(3)085]
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One kind of helium plasma-assisted approach has been presented to fabricate nanostructured tungsten. The morphology and properties evolution of tungsten under helium plasma exposure were investigated as a function of sample temperature, helium ion energy, helium ion dose and helium ion flux. The results show that high crystalline nanostructured tungsten was achieved at 1200 degrees C. Wavy, meshy and villiform tungsten can be expediently obtained via varying irradiation parameters. Appropriate helium ion energy and ion flux is beneficial to the formation of tungsten with stable nanostructure. The formed nanostructured tungsten was easily oxidized to stoichiometric tungsten trioxide. The as-prepared tungsten trioxide exhibits high light absorption and excellent photoelectrochemical activity. An anodic photocurrent of 3.93 mA/cm(2) was achieved at 1.6 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) under illumination of a 150W Xe lamp in as to H2SO4 electrolyte. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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