Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Carbide and Nitride Catalysts by Clusters Route or Laser Pyrolysis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Transition metal carbides and nitrides demonstrate very interesting electrocatalytic properties, close to those of noble metals. Indeed,platinum being a scarce and expensive element, carbides and nitrides could be an interesting alternative to make this technology economically viable. Recently, different authors reported promising (electro)catalytic properties of molybdenum carbides and nitrides. Herein we report the synthesis of Mo nitrides and carbides from original routes using transition metal cluster-based precursors or laser pyrolysis. The resulting nitrides and carbides were characterized by several complementary techniques (XRD, BET, SEM, etc.). These innovative modes of synthesis afford nanostructured compounds and the evaluation of Mo5N6 for the WGS reaction is reported.
Authors: Guillaume Dubois, Corinne Lagrost, Suzy Surble, Pierre Lonchambon, Stephane Cordier, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Nathalie Herlin Boime, Franck Tessier, Fabien Grasset
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Rayonnement-Matière de Saclay, National Institute for Materials Science, LINK - Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: G498075875, G8072987876, G8217939449
OpenAlex ID: W4408506676