Synthesis of Tungsten Carbide from Bacterial Cellulose

Authors

Monsur Islam, Clemson University
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, Clemson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2016

Publication Title

ECS Transactions

Volume

72

Issue

1

Publisher

Electrochemical Society

Abstract

Here we present preliminary experiments for the synthesis of carbide material using bacterial cellulose as carbon source. We used bacteria cellulose available as Nata de Coco and infiltrated it with tungsten trioxide (WO₃) nanoparticles. This composite was heat treated at 1300 °C in nitrogen atmosphere. The XRD pattern confirms the synthesis of tungsten carbide (WC) in the carbonaceous material, though a significant amount of metallic tungsten remained unreacted. SEM images shows that WC particles are present only at the surface of the carbon, which may be a consequence of improper infiltration or collapse of carbon matrix during heat treatment.

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